Description

ELTON GRANTHAM ROAD
SK73NE (south side)
3/40 Chipsholm
25.9.79
- II
Former lodge now house. Dated 1842. C20 addition. Ashlar.
Slate roof. Central lateral stack supported below the eaves by
a well carved mask-corbel. Tall ornamental octagonal flue.
Ornamental bargeboards. T-plan. Two storeys. Tudor style.
Two-bay front. Gabled porch to right with pointed arch and hood
mould, and to left a 2-light window with Tudor-arched lights,
ornamental glazing and a square hood mould with figures as stops.
Above this window is an elaborate coat of arms with raised letters
reading: 'AVI NUMERANTOR AVORUM'. C20 addition to right. The
left return is of 3 bays, the right one breaking forward and gabled.
2-light windows as front but with figure-head stops to the hood moulds.
Single light to ground floor bay 2 and later C20 casement window above.
Date in ornamental raised figures to left. In the return of the gable
a 1st floor chimney breast is corbelled out on 2 finely carved figure
heads, and has tall, finely carved, octagonal, paired flues. Coat
of arms in rear gable apex.
Interior: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SK7718438820

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26505972

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)