Description

SKIRCOAT GREEN
SE 02 SE
679-/7/10035 Bernerside House
II
Small country house. 1872. Built for Edward Crossley. Coursed
stone with ashlar dressings. Slate roofs with moulded ashlar
stacks and raised coped gables and finials. Plinth, cill and
impost bands, moulded eaves and pierced parapet. Plain sashes
throughout. South garden front, has central pair of French
doors in a moulded ashlar surround, with above a single sash,
to the left a 2 storey shallow bow window with 3 lights, and a
small 2-light window in the gable. To the left a projecting
wing with a 3-light square bay window, and above a 2-light
window, in the gable a tiny 2-light window. West front has a
canted bay window on the ground floor and 2 sash windows above
with a datestone between. Beyond a projecting gabled wing with
an attached former conservatory, this conservatory re-modelled
c1960. Beyond a small 2 storey observatory with a round headed
doorway with side lights in a moulded surround, and a hood
above which forms a balcony to the window above. Entrance
front has projecting porch with Ionic columns and a round
headed doorway with double panel doors, above a single sash.
To left a tripartite sash, and above a double sash with a tiny
sash in the gable. Set back wing to left has a 2-light bay
window with 2 sashes above.
Interior. The hall and stairs, and the main reception rooms
all retain their original plaster work and marble fireplaces.
The staircase hall has plaster pilasters, an elaborate stair
and a large 2 panel stained glass window. The doors and
doorcases survive throughout.

Listing NGR: SE0887222940

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26536755

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas