Description

SJ 6634-6734; 13/48
07.05.52

MARKET DRAYTON C.P.,
GREAT HALES STREET (south side),
No. 18 (Hesketh House)

GV
II

House. Mid-C18 with some early to mid-C19 alterations. Red brick
with plain tile roof. Three storeys over basement. Painted plinth, dentil
brick eaves cornice, brick ridge stack off-centre to left and integral
brick end stack to right. Three bays; glazing bar sashes with exposed
boxes, painted stone cills and gauged-brick heads. Door to right with
six raised and fielded panels, fanlight with intersecting Gothick tracery
and early to mid-C19 wooden doorcase with panelled reveals and soffit.
Panelled spandrels, moulded architrave and fluted pilaster strips
supporting frieze with large shaped brackets and projecting flat cornice.
Two stone steps up to door and cast-iron bootscraper to left. Round-
arched passageway doorway to left with boarded door, two stone steps up.
INTERIOR: early C19 staircase with closed string and stick balusters.
Probably C18 moulded cornice in entrance hall. Mid-C19 fireplaces.
C18 six-panelled doors with L-hinges and moulded architraves.

Listing NGR: SJ6769234077

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26471419

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014