Description

LANCHESTER HAMSTEELS BANK
NZ 14 SE (North side)

10/90 Hamsteels Hall
2/9/85 Farmhouse

II*

Farmhouse. Early C18 with early C19 alterations. Incised stucco with tooled
ashlar dressings and plinth; stone-flagged roof with stone gable copings and
corniced brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Central C19 door with 3-over-3
chamfered panels, and 4-pane overlight, in chambranlé surround under broken
segmental pediment. Plain stone surrounds and projecting stone sills to
12-pane sashes with fine glazing bars. Roof has gable copings on ogee-moulded
kneelers; end chimneys. Left return has small rectangular window in gable peak.
Full-height rear outshut not of interest.

Interior: 2-panel doors in architraves, and panelled window shutters; ground-
floor left room has full early C18 panelling; similar panelling and cupboards
in right first-floor room. Good quality dogleg stair with turned balusters,
panelled dado, wreath and curtail, and ramped handrail.

Listing NGR: NZ1741644886

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17535846

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)