Description

LANCASTER

SD4761NW CASTLE PARK 1685-1/6/46 (South side) 22/12/53 No.4

GV II

House. Late C18, altered C19. Sandstone ashlar with ashlar dressings. Stone slate roof with a prominent gable chimney stack on the left and with a stack to the right shared with No.2 (qv). Double-depth plan with a rear wing on the right. 3 storeys above a cellar and 3 bays. The windows have plain raised surrounds and 4-pane sashes, except for the central one on the second floor, which is blind and has 12 fixed panes. The heads of the other second-floor windows appear to have been raised and the lower parts of the surrounds infilled. The doorway, in the right-hand bay, has a plain raised surround under a moulded cornice. Original doorway to central bay has an integral rectangular overlight with glazing bars arranged in a diamond pattern above a square panel, subdivided with framing to form a concave-sided hollow diamond. To the right of the door are railings with cast-iron arrow-head balusters. INTERIOR: most doorways have reeded architraves. At the rear of the entrance hall is a 3-bay arcade, with square pilasters carrying semi-elliptical arches. From the centre of this arcade rises the dogleg staircase, which has an open string and stick balusters. The ground-floor front room has shutters at the windows and a triple alcove with semi-elliptical arches.

Listing NGR: SD4731461778

External Links

• Wikidata Q26489541

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)