Description

SE0244 STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN C.P. SKIPTON ROAD
(south side, off)

11/200 Steeton Manor
including balustrade
and steps.

II

Large house with balustrade. c1894 by Sir Swire-Smith. Dressed
stone, stone slate roof. Tudor Revival style. 3 storeys and attic.
North front U-shaped with projecting wings under 3 gables. Porch with
balustraded parapet set between wings with tall mullioned and transomed
stair-window (for back-stair) above. Double-chamfered mullioned
windows to each floor. Projecting oriel at 1st floor has cross-
window. Coped gables with finials to apex and linking embattled
parapet which runs round return walls. Rear : 2 storeys with 3 attic
gables. 2-storey porch with embattled parapet and finials has main
entrance doorway with segmental-arched hood carved with date. To right,
tall stair-window of 3 lights with landing and 4 transoms. Ground
floor has 2 mullioned-and-transomed windows of 4 lights with 3-light
windows above. 2 large stacks to ridge. Left-hand return wall has
other mullioned windows and main feature of projecting stack with many
offsets and mullioned windows set in the side angles. Balustrade to
left of front, of Haddon-Hall type, with arched arcade and Gothic
coping surmounted by ball-finials. Steps have similar balustrade to
lower level at front.

Interior : Entrance stair-hall has open-well staircase with turned
balusters, ramped handrail and pendentive bosses. Panelled, ribbed,
plaster ceilings. Window with elaborate leaded panes and painted
glass. Other plaster ceilings to sitting room and dining room which
has particularly elaborate ceiling with pendentive bosses decorated with
rose motif.

Listing NGR: SE0246144274

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26517604

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