Description

STANWIX RURAL LOW CROSBY
NY 45 NW

5/89 Eden Grove

1. 4.57
II

House. Early C19 for Richard Carruthers. Red sandstone ashlar, graduated slate
roof with lead hips, ashlar chimney stacks. Basement and single storey, 3 bays
with wing of 4 bays: Regency Villa. Stepped tetrastyle portico with Doric
fluted columns, moulded entablature and moulded pediment. Entrance has tapering
pilaster strips flanked by sash side lights. C20 door with glazed fanlight.
Channelled ashlar up to string course level. Same tapering pilaster strips to
window surrounds, sashes with glazing bars. Wing has hipped roof, sash windows
with glazing bars. In front and joined to the house is a screen wall of ashlar,
2 projecting entrances with rounded-heads, one blind other with C20 wrought iron
gate: wall extends to enclose small garden. Mr Carruthers was an artist who
was advised to go to South America for his health, where he made his fortune,
returning to build this house where he died in 1876.

Listing NGR: NY4387959281

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380101

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)