Description

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SD46SE ALDCLIFFE ROAD, Aldcliffe 1685-1/1/331 (West side) 18/02/70 East Lodge to former Aldcliffe Hall

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Lodge, now house. 1827, extended mid C20. For Edward Dawson of Aldcliffe Hall (now demolished). Squared coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings. Slate roof with coped gables and with kneelers carrying spike finials. Elizabethan style. One storey and 2 bays, extended in matching style by one bay to the right. 2 pairs of octagonal chimneys on the ridge, between the original bays and over the original right-hand gable. On either side of the door, under a square-headed dripstone, is a cross-window with splayed jambs, hollow-chamfered timber mullions and transoms, and glazing bars forming octagonal panes surrounded by 4 diamonds. The doorway, under a recent wooden lean-to porch, also has splayed jambs and what may be the original door. The left-hand gable has a single cross-window under the datestone, which is inscribed '1827' in raised lettering.

Listing NGR: SD4694160384

External Links

• Wikidata Q26489567

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990