Description

STANWIX RURAL BRUNSTOCK
NY 45 NW

5/55 Brunstock House

II*
House. Between 1827-33, by Rickman for George Saul. Calciferous sandstone
ashlar walls, graduated slate roofs, decorated wooden bargeboards at gables,
ashlar chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays with single storey wing of 5 bays.
Entrance portico of 3 pointed moulded arches on quatreform columns, buttressed
and pinnacled at angled, 2 panels of chevron arms, castellated parapet: flanked
by 2 projecting canted castellated bays with mullioned and transomed windows of
8 lights, cast-iron casements with glazing bars. Gabled dormer above entrance
with triple window, Gothic tracery and drip mould, flanked by 2 triple mullioned
windows with cinquefoil leads and continuous drip-mould. Rose rounded in apex
of gable. Broad pilaster strips to angles, moulded string course. Single -
double - triple hexagonal chimney stacks on square bases with moulded caps,
Wing has 4 large pointed arch cross-mullioned windows with Gothic tracery heads,
castellated parapet, lead hipped slate roof: ending in open Gothic screen arch
with further recessed bay. Interior has moulded Gothic plaster ceilings, marble
fireplaces, only the kitchen has been altered. Stable block to rear of English
garden wall bond brickwork, stone surrounds, casements with glazing bars, plank
doors.

Listing NGR: NY4188159419

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17541746

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)