Description

SD 93 NW BRIERCLIFFE WITH HALIFAX ROAD (off)
EXTWISTLE Thursden

2/10 Broad Bank House
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- II

House. Dated 1777 by deeds; altered. Coursed sandstone with dressings of
the same, stone slate roof. Double-depth 2-bay plan. Two storeys,
symmetrical, with some classical features; plinth, ground floor sill-band,
raised quoins, gable chimneys, gable copings with kneelers; up 2
semicircular steps, a central board door with shouldered architrave and
pediment, and at 1st floor above this a vertical rectangular window with
similar architrave; otherwise, 2 coupled vertical rectangular windows on
each floor, all with raised plain surrounds, and all windows with altered
glazing. Left gable wall, watershot, has doorway towards the rear, a
3-light flush-mullion window on each floor to rear of this, and a blocked
Venetian window to the attic. Right gable has lean-to at ground floor
(apparently remains of earlier and smaller building, outlined on gable
wall) and blocked 2-light flush-mullion window to attic. Rear has inter
alia a large Venetian stairwindow with triple keystone, and glazing bars
making Y-tracery in the head. Interior: doglegged flying stone staircase,
the soffit of the returned upper flight waved by cyma-moulding to each
step, with stick balusters (some damaged, some missing) and ramped
handrail; fielded panel doors; fluted architraves to stairwindow and
passage archway; in front right room at ground floor, a built-in cupboard
with shouldered panels (damaged); at 1st floor, 2 original fireplaces with
shouldered surrounds, moulded entablatures and cornices, one of these
containing an iron hob grate with curved cheeks.

Listing NGR: SD9042035003

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26643982

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)