Description

BARROW IN FURNESS

SD27SW ABBEY ROAD
708-1/4/11 (South East side)
10/11/49 Abbey House Hotel
(Formerly Listed as:
ABBEY ROAD
Abbey House)

GV II*

Mansion. 1910-1914. By Edwin Lutyens. For Vickers Ltd.
Irregularly coursed red ashlar standstone, graduated slate
roof.
3 storeys in H-plan extended by 2-storey cross-wings.
Elizabethan style; symmetrical. Recessed, chamfered mullioned
windows with leaded lights in metal casements; parapets with
copings formed from topmost wallstones; cast-iron rainwater
goods with square down-pipes and decorative hoppers. Central
entrance in semi-octagonal projection with double-chamfered
plinth and double door in round arch; oversailing course steps
over panel with date 'A.D. 1914' and cartouche bearing Vickers
arms. 2-light windows to 2nd floor.
Main range to each side has two 2-light windows and
cross-window to ground floor; 3 first-floor windows each
having king mullion and 4 round-arched lights; paired
cross-windows to 2nd floor. Front wings have canted 3-storey
bay windows of 1:4:1 lights with transoms; 1st floor lit from
side by round-headed mullioned windows. Main range continues
beyond these wings and has round-arched doors flanked by
2-light windows; upper floor windows as before. Crosswings at
each end of main range have gables set behind their parapets.
Main-range parapet has corner chimneys each with moulded
plinth and caps to 5 linked octagonal flues; similar 3-flue
stacks to outer returns of the front wings and 4-flue ridge
stacks to each side of centre.
Rear: central recess with canted bay-window lighting the Great
Hall. Wings to each side have canted bay windows to their ends
and outer returns; to inner returns are projecting stacks,
each with 4 flues above the parapet. The 2-storey cross-wings
also end in canted bay windows.
INTERIOR not fully inspected: ashlar-lined vestibule with
pilasters and half-columns. Great Hall: oak panelling and
staircase; bolection-moulded fireplace with tiled fireback;
coffered ceiling. Restaurant in rear right wing has marble
fireplace with wreath over; saucer-dome ceiling.

Listing NGR: SD2168672111

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Abbey House, Barrow-in-Furness at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4664023

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