Description

ESHTON _ SD 95 NW

3/48 Eshton Hall

10.9.54

GV II *

Large house. 1825-7 by George Webster of Kendal for Matthew Wilson. Ashlar with slate roofs. The main block is of two storeys, and five by five bays, but the bays vary greatly in width. Elizabethan revival. The parapet is continuous and flat-coped except over the porch which has ornamental cresting;over the windows the parapet is of open strapwork. The windows are sashed with glazing bars but their nature is concealed by the mullions and transoms of the surrounds which produce an effect of five-light windows in the outer bays and cross windows in the inner bays of each side. The outer bays project and so does the two-storey porch on the south-east side which has coupled Doric antae on each storey. the symmetry is disrupted on the North East by a short wing ending in an octagonal turret of three stages, capped by a scalloped crest and original lead dome, bearing a weathervane cut to read "MW 1826". Also on this side is a service wing of dressed stone. This is of two storeys and nine bays with a gabled gatehouse of earlier Tudor character, complete with oriel window and gabled bellcote. The interior is planned around a central staircase of the Imperial type, the upper flights supported by two Solomonic columns. Closed string, heavy turned balusters, deep openwork handrail and panelled newels with urn finials. The lower walls are plain but the upper stage has three keystoned blind arches to each wall, separated by paired panelled Doric pilasters. Above this a lantern is supported by an octagonal cove with floriated finials, panels and lion masks. The entrance hall has similar pilasters, a rosetted frieze and modillion cornice supporting a simple ribbed ceiling. The doors here and throughout the house have narrow vertical panels. The whole south-west side is occupied by the drawing room and library which have two fireplaces to the same design of coupled Ionic pilastars, in white and grey marble respectively. The dining room, on the other side of the house, continues the Doric pilasters and has a strapwork ceiling. This room also has a grey marble fireplace with fluted coupled pilasters. With Winderley Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale CP, Cumbria (q.v.) also by Webster, this is one of the earliest fully achieved works in this revived style.

Listing NGR: SD9377655994

External Links

• Eshton Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17535065

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