Description

LUSTLEIGH
SX 78 SE

1/164 Knowle including gateposts
- at path entrance about 90 metres
23.8.55 south-east of the house
GV II

House. Late C18. Granite rubble; side-walls covered with roughcast. Slated
roofs. Rendered chimney on each gable, the left-hand stack projecting slightly. 2
rooms deep with central staircase. 2 storeys with garret. Symmetrical 3-window
front with centre doorway. C20 doors and semi-circular moulded hood in early
Georgian style, possibly incorporating an older patterned fanlight. Outer windows
are 3-part wood sashes, the middle sashes of 6 panes, the outer sashes of 2 panes.
Over the doorway is a 6-paned wood sash. All windows have moulded architraves.
The ground-storey windows are C20 replicas, the openings having concrete lintels.
Bracketed eaves-cornice. 3 gabled dormers, each with a 2-light casement window
having 2 panes per light. Interior not fully inspected, but main stair is of wood
with slender turned balusters; the ground-storey front windows have panelled
shutters.
Pair of gateposts: Probably late C17 or early C18. Granite. Square-section posts
with tall shaped and carved tops surmounted by large balls.

Listing NGR: SX7897980529

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389661

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings