Description

SJ 67 NE ASTON-BY-BUDWORTH C.P. ASTON PARK

5/17 Aston Park

5.3.59

G.V. II*

House. 1715. Red Flemish and English garden wall bond brick with stone dressings and slate roof. 2 storeys with attic. Symmetrical West front of 5 bays. Central arched doorcase with semi-circular hood on consoles. Two 3 x 6 pane sash windows to either side at ground floor level with stone cills and lintels. 5 similar windows to first floor. Diapering in heart and diamond patterns between first floor windows. Entablature of wood. 3 gabled attic windows of 2 x 3 pane sashes. Moulded, dated, lead rainwater heads and downpipes. South front has two 3 x 4 pane sash windows to ground floor with similar to first floor with one 4 x 3 pane casement. 3rd floor central roundel to attic. C20 extension to right. North side: blocked cambered headed windows. Interior: Central wide spinal corridor to both floors with two 15 feet square rooms to either side on both floors. 8 panel doors to to ground floor rooms with bolection moulded doorcases with cavetto over. Similarly moulded fireplaces. Open well staircase with twist balusters and panelled newels with moulded drops. Further, spiral staircase to north of principal staircase.

Listing NGR: SJ6771778118

External Links

• Aston Park, Cheshire at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4811010

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