Description

SE14SW BINGLEY GAWTHORPE DRIVE SE109401 (west side)

2/66 Gawthorpe Hall, 9.8.66 including South Wing Gawthorpe Hall

II*

Manor house. Mid C17 with some C19 alteration to rear but retaining late medieval roof. Well coursed gritstone, stone slate roofs. 2 storeys and attics. E-shaped original plan with bays 2 and 4 now filled in to give flush frontage under 5 gables. Central bay was originally porch and has lower gable without attic window: Tudor- arched doorway with 3-light transomed window above under separate hoodmould. Large mullioned-and-transomed windows of several lights to each floor with dripmould and 3-light transomed windows to apexes of gables which are coped with finials to apex and eaves and have projecting rainwater spouts. 2 ridge stacks. Rear has 5 gables as front with some inserted C19 windows but 2 bays left with original transomed windows to 1st floor and attic. 3rd bay, rear of porch, has tall stair-window with plain stone surrounds. 4th bay has stack of 4 diamond-set flues.

Interior: 1st 2 bays much altered but retains original corner fireplace with Tudor-arched lintel and moulded surround. 4th bay has ground- floor rear room with Tudor-arched doorway opposite. large fireplace with segmental-arch with skewbacks and stop-chamfered surround. This backs on to second fireplace with bee-hive oven in rear room of 5th bay which also has chamfered spine-beau and joists with ogee stops. 1st floor and attic of this bay have basket-arched fireplaces. Roof of 4th bay is carried over earlier collar-rafter roof with steeper pitch. one bay collar-rafter roof, possibly late C14 or C15; hall- and-crosswing king-post roof with evidence of some internal timber- framing. A rare survival in this region. At right angles to this roof is 2½ bay roof to hall with 4 bay roof to cross-wing all bays having enormous king-post trusses with large scantling and joweled king-posts with curved braces to ridge. This complete late C15 roof has mitre-lapped purlins all pegged on to the back of the principals. These 2 roofs are unique within the region and are in a good state of preservation.

Listing NGR: SE1094340134

External Links

• Wikidata Q17534916

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide