Description

NY 5361 BRAMPTON MARKET PLACE
(East side,off)

16/51 Lawson Masonic Hall

II

Masonic Hall, formerly The Mansion House. 1819 for Rev Thomas Ramshay, vicar of
Brampton, with C20 additions. English garden wall bond brickwork with stone
plinth and string course; green slate roof, brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 6
bays. Stepped tetrastyle Tuscan portico, with moulded entablature and cornice:
glazed and panelled door with radial fanlight and side-lights, in a Venetian
style surround. Left bays are as original with sashes and glazing bars having
stone lintels and sills. Projecting bays right are in C20 red brick with reused
lintels, sills and windows. Interior: principal room right, has carved
skirting boards and plain dado rail; carved overdoor cases with decorated and
moulded architraves, panelled doors; moulded plaster cornice and frieze with
decorated plaster ceiling. Room left has marble fireplace, moulded picture rail
and 1982 replacement ceiling, internal shutters to all windows. Cantilever
stone staircase has iron balusters and curved mahogany handrail; apsidal end has
plaster cornice and decorated frieze. Listing includes 2 storey, 2 bay
extension to right in dressed red sandstone, with sash windows and glazing bars,
now caretaker's flat and kitchen.

Listing NGR: NY5310561078

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380062

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)