Description

LOFTUS HALL GROUNDS
NZ 7218
(east side), Loftus.
4/19 No. 12 (Blanchland) and
No. 14.
G.V. II
Mansion,early C19, for Sir R.L. Dundas; slightly later wing to left and
mid/late C19 rear wing. Now 2 houses. Dressed sandstone with chamfered
quoins. Late C20 immitation stone slab roof with stone gable coping to
right. 2 storeys. Garden front (south): 5 bays. Central doorway with late
C20 door. Sashes with glazing bars, those to 3 right-hand bays renewed;
stone sills. Slightly recessed single-bay wing to left in similar style,
with 9-pane sash on first floor. Shallow-pitched roofs, hipped at left end.
Corniced ridge stacks. Late C19 canted bay window on ground floor of left
return. 2-storey wing in keeping adjoins rear of mansion. Former service
wings (Laurel Cottage) adjoining right end and rear are too much altered to
be of interest. Formerly known as Loftus Hall.

Listing NGR: NZ7215618065

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26432520

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