Description

AUSTWICK MAIN STREET
SD 76 NE
(south side)
8/30
Battle Hill
20. 2.58
GV II
House. Dated 1673 with 1920s alterations. Limewashed rubble, painted stone
dressings, stone slate roof. 3 room plan. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Projecting 2
storey gabled entrance porch left of centre. Moulded surround and decorated
lintel dated and inscribed I L/M hoodmould; late-Cl7 studded plank door. In
gable is former 2 light chamfered window with mullion missing; casements. Small
chamfered window in right-hand return. In angle to left is carved stair turret
with small single light chamfered stair window; 6 pane fixed light-3 ground
floor windows. Left-hand 2-light chamfered mullioned with fixed lights, single light chamfered fire window to right of porch and 1920s 3 light flat-faced mullioned window: Two 1920 windows on upper floor; casements. Gable-end and right of centre ridge stacks. Interior: fireplace in right-hand room has chamfered surround and large basket-arched lintel. C17 studded plank doors to most rooms. 2 large stone corbels in attic; probably to support timber fire hood, now gone.

Listing NGR: SD7692168621

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26451134

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide