Description

SOCKBURN SOCKBURN LANE
NZ 3407 (East side)

19/38 Sockburn Hall
20/3/67
II*

Country house. Dated 1834 on carved scroll above doorway. Possibly by Sir
Edward Blackett for his younger brother Henry Collingwood Blackett. Ashlar
sandstone; graduated stone-tiled roofs with ashlar chimney stacks. Square-
plan main block with 2 parallel wings on left return. Jacobean style.

2 storeys, plus attics. Symmetrical 3-bay entrance front. Projecting outer
bays have shaped gables. Central 4-centred arch to set-back door with 3-pane
side lights. Blackett arms above and dated scrolls in spandrels. Ovolo-
moulded mullioned-and-transomed windows in double-chamfered surrounds.
Continuous hoodmould on ground floor stepped up over 4-light windows in outer
bays and over centrepiece. 3-light first-floor windows, under dripmoulds
in outer bays. Small 2-light mullioned windows in gables. Pierced parapet
above centre bay. Small central dormer with shaped gable. Steeply-pitched
2-span roof with shaped gables on left return. Transverse left end and 2
ridge chimneys, each with 3 conjoined octagonal stacks. 2-storey bay and 2
parallel single-storey, 3-bay wings on left return. Front wing has 2-panel
door, two 4-light windows, steeply-pitched roof and a large 2-stage chimney,
with 4 conjoined stacks, on ridge. 3-bay right return has projecting square
2-storey outer bays, with 5-light windows and pierced parapets, under shaped
gables with 2-light attic windows. Central 3-light window on first floor.
Continuous hoodmould stepped up over ground-floor windows. Parapet above
continuous string. 3-bay rear with similar features.

Interior not seen but contains Jacobean-style fittings; one room said to be
panelled with dismantled C15 to C18 dower chests.

Listing NGR: NZ3496607189

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Sockburn Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7552991

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