Description

SJ 49 SE ECCLESTON HOLME ROAD

7/102 ECCLESTON HALL

II


Hospital administration building, formerly the house of Samuel Taylor, a cotton manufacturer. Probably early 1830s: (the old house was pulled down in 1824; Eccleston Church (q.v.) was also built by Taylor, in 1838). Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate hipped roof. Plan: entrance and vestibule to E, with central stair-hall; principal rooms to S (overlooking garden), other private rooms to N: 2 rear wings, one (NW) containing services, the other (SW) possibly containing billiards room, the latter the only single-storeyed part of the otherwise 2-storeyed building. Exterior: Entrance front (glazed veranda now removed), 3 bays, the centre bay recessed (tripartite sash window with glazing bars) above entrance flush with side bays, the plain entablature supported by 2 Greek Doric columns. One first floor 12-pane hornless sash window only to each side bay. Deeply overhanging eaves throughout. S (garden) elevation: 1:3:1; the centre bays projecting as a shallow curved wing: 12-pane sashes in reveals to first floor; tripartite garden doors; glazed, to side bays; double French windows to centre bays, slightly recessed with 4 Greek Doric attached columns. A single-storeyed 3-window range (probably a billiards room) forms part of this front; 2-light windows with moulded surrounds and lintels on console brackets. N elevation, plain with sash windows. Service wing, sash and casement windows under hood moulds. Interior: marble fireplaces, plaster cornices, moulded door surrounds throughout; stair with stick balusters; stair hall lit by 2 large round-headed windows. Victorian fireplace to vestibule.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Eccleston Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26671864

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)