Description

SE1539SE BAILDON STATION ROAD
(north side)

12/41 Baildon House

GV II

Cottage and house, now single residence. Cottage initialled and dated
" R H M "
1 7 1 5 (Holden family);
House initialled and dated " RH "
1724

Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roofs, 2 storeys. A long range
with cottage to left. This has two 1st-floor windows. Doorway with
tie-stone jambs with 2-light flat-faced mullioned window above;
tripartite sashed windows with same above; doorway (blocked) with
date stone over and semicircular-arched window (blocked). Coped gable
with kneelers and weathervane to left. Large stack to right gable.
Linking passage to house, breaking forward, has 3-light window to each
floor. House: 3-room plan with four 1st-floor windows. Quoins. Outer
bays have mid-C20 canted bay windows with 4-light window above. 2nd bay
has altered doorway with date stone over in decorative plaque with single-
light window above. 3rd bay has 5-light window to each floor. lst-floor
windows have recessed flat-faced mullions with an inner chamfer. Moulded
eaves cornice, coped gables with stacks. One other stack to ridge. Rear
of house has arched stairwindow with impost blocks and keystone and
2-light double-chamfered mullioned window. Left-hand return of house
has porch, carried on cast-iron columns, to wide doorway with monolithic
jambs and lintel. 2-light window above with single-light 16-paned sashed
window to attic.

Interior: most rooms have richly moulded cornices. Stairhall has closed
string staircase with wreathed and ramped handrail, slender turned
balusters, 2 to each riser, pair of cast-iron columns the capitals
enriched with acanthus decoration. Semicircular-arched doorway with
impost, architrave and keystone.

Listing NGR: SE1591039352

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26495249

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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