Description

QUORN
LOUGHBOROUGH ROAD (West
SK 51 NW Side)

2/66
One Ash
II
Small country house. 1894. By Larner Sugden for W. Wright. Granite rubble
stone ground floor with plinth, otherwise red brick with stone band and
plain tile roof with stone coped gables and brick ridge and side stacks.
In "Queen Anne" style, with 2 projecting gables, the entrance between.
2½ storeys of 3 sash and casement windows with shutters. Central recessed
doorway with door, side lights with curving glazing bars and overlight.
Elaborate leaf pattern decoration in arch over. Above this is a curving
balcony with carved stone consoles which continues left to become the
top of a bay with curved corners which is a 4/4: 8/16: 4/4 sash. To right
of front door a 2/2: 8/8: 2/2 tripartite sash. On 1st floor a 4/4: 8/8:
4/4 sash either side a recessed 2/2: part-glazed door: 2/2 window. In
each gable a 2-light casement the curving lintel ornamented with a
surround of projecting brick keystones. To left of front a glazed door,
with curved canopy. Similar windows on both sides with, on right side,
a tall staircase window filled with stained glass. Fine interior details
including a staircase with turned balusters, an inglenook-type fireplace,
plaster overmantel in the Drawing Room, plaster ceiling decoration, and,
in the Billiard Room, 2 tie beam trusses supported on stone corbels carved
with children's heads. Here also walls decorated with printed linen.

Listing NGR: SK5495317236

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26523599

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)