Description

ALDBROUGH HIGH GREEN NZ 2011-2111 11/10 Aldbrough St John West Dilston House and East Dilston House 4.2.69 GV II

2 houses. Late C18, with C20 additions and alterations. Coursed sandstone, pantile roofs with stone slates to eaves. U-shaped plan with 2 projecting front wings and rear range to right, 2 storeys, 1:2:1 bays. Central range, ground floor from left: round-arched window with glazing bars which intersect at the top; sash window; board door to central passage, with lintel scored as if voussoired; added lean-to with paired sash windows and 4-panel door below overlight. Central range, first floor: C20 casement window; sash window. Wings have, on ground floor, a Venetian window with ashlar surround, that to left with sash windows with glazing bars which intersect at the top and that to right with sash windows; on first floor a window with ashlar surround, that to left a C20 casement, that to right sashed; to inner return of left wing a C20 ground-floor window and blocked original window openings on ground and first floors; to inner return of right wing a blocked ground-floor round-arched window, painted as if with intersecting glazing bars and a first-floor sash window. Hipped roofs to wings. White brick end stacks, red brick central stack. To left of West Dilston House is a c1950 added 1-bay range, not of special interest. Right return of East Dilston House incorporates a brick gable end which looks as if it represents an earlier house on the site. Interior: both houses retain late C18 cornices; the East house has an ashlar fireplace surround in the rear range. East Dilston House has been used by village doctors for several generations, and was altered to provide an extra entrance, dispensary and surgery.

Listing NGR: NZ2026311529

External Links

• Wikidata Q26424938

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