Description

MARTON C.P. (Off) TARPORLEY ROAD
SJ 56 NE
3/71 Abbotsmoss Hall
-
- II
Country house. c1800. Red Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings
and slate roof with lead flashings. Two storeys. Entrance front. 9
bays, those 7 at left symmetrically disposed with 3 slightly
projecting central bays. Ashlar band at level of first floor window
sills which continues around the building. Central doorway with
ashlar porch having antae to sides and windows to either side and at
first floor level of 3 x 4 sash panes with stone sills and wedge
lintels. Pilaster buttresses to left hand corner and to right of the
seven bays. To right are 2 further similar bays. Left hand side: 3
bays with central tri-partite window with central ground floor window
of 3 x 5 panes and 1 x 5 pane windows to either side. To either side
are canted late C19 bays. The lateral first floor windows are
tri-partite with central lights of 3 x 4 panes with lateral lights of
1 x 4 panes. The central window has 3 x 4 panes. Rear: 7 bays, the
central 3 projecting slightly with pilaster buttresses to the sides.
All the windows are of 3 x 4 sash panes.
Interior: Central staircase hall with open well staircase of 3
flights. The balusters and handrail date from early this century and
the whole staircase may be of a similar date. To the first floor is a
landing to three sides and above is a panelled ceiling with a central
skylight. Some original fireplaces, two with circular grates.

Listing NGR: SJ5922568204

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26432132

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)