Description

SD 52SW LEYLAND LEYLAND LANE

8/38 Nos. 376, 378, 380
26.7.1951 (Peacock Hall)

- II

House, dated 1626, now 3 dwellings. Stone plinth and quoins, handmade
brick, stone slate roof. U-shaped plan with projecting wings, and rear
extension to middle bay. Two storeys; symmetrical except for off-centre
doorway and chimney stack. Facade of flanking gabled crosswings on plinth
of 3 courses of very large rectangular stone blocks, with similarly large
but unequal stone quoins; very long brick hoodmoulds on each floor, the
windows beneath them all variously altered. Recessed centre of 2 bays has
similar hoodmoulds and windows on each floor; door on right with large
stone jambs and lintel with datestone above lettered I:S
1626
Ridge chimney stack in line with door has prominent brick band of 5
courses. Return wall of left wing (No.380) has very prominent external
chimney stack with large stone quoins, door at ground floor and hoodmould
at 1st floor (no window). Rear wall of this wing contains, at 1st floor
a blocked 5-light window with diamond section wooden mullions and a
blocked attic window with chamfered brick jambs, both with hoodmoulds;
and No.378 has a 2-storey rear extension with stone quoins, a brick
hoodmould at ground floor, a blocked attic window with hoodmould, and a
2-light brick mullioned window with leaded lights in the side wall.
Interior: pairs of quarter-round moulded bridging beams on both floors
of each part; large chimney breast bressummers in Nos.376 and 378 with
substantial brick smoke hood above; purlin-type roof: trusses have large
principals, raking struts, and very large trenched purlins.

Listing NGR: SD5276921533

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26505647

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)