Description

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SK 43 NW
10/278

Spondon
SITWELL STREET
The Homestead, with gatepiers.

(Formerly listed in the Rural District of South East Derbyshire)

10.11.67.

I

Dated 1740 on rainwater head with initials IA. Somewhat in the manner of Francis Smith of Warwick. Red brick with stone dressings; three storeys; 2+1+2 sash windows in cased frames; flat arches of rubbed brick with fluted stone keyblocks; angle quoins; central broad flight of eight moulded stone steps with fine iron railings; Venetian door feature with Doric columns and triglyph frieze; side lights with sashes; central glazed door with round headed fanlight; central window on first storey with fluted Ionic pilasters, pulvinated frieze, round head and massive sill brackets; top storey window round headed with plain architrave; stone cornice; brick parapet with stone capping and central open pediment.

Rear elevation with six cased sashes; Venetian stair window with brick piers; parapet; square porch on ground storey; full height closet extension on left-hand one sash each storey; parapet. Rusticated ashlar entrance piers with acorn finials.

Interior Good staircase. Contemporary panelling in principal rooms.

Listing NGR: SK4003435920

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26263462

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)