Description

MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE PRIORY ROAD
SK 5363 SE
(north side)
6/56 Hardstaff Homes
Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4
G.V. II
Retirement homes for miners, now Old People's Homes. 1914. For
Miss M. Hardstaff. Stripped Jacobean revival style. Brick with
ashlar dressings and hipped and gabled Westmorland slate roofs.
Coped gables with kneelers. 2 external side wall stacks, each
containing a small casement, and single roof stack. 2 storeys, 4
bays. C-plan. Windows are metal casements with moulded ashlar
mullions and reveals and hood moulds. Doors have moulded
architraves with elliptical heads and hood moulds and original
furniture. Rainwater heads are dated 1914. South front has
projecting gabled wing at each end. To left, a door flanked to
left by single and to right by 2 casements. Beyond, door
flanked to right by a casement and to right again, tiny casement
in chimney breast. Return angles have each a door. Above, to
left, late C20 casement flanked to left by single and to right by
3 casements. Return angle to east has a late C20 casement. East
end has to left, chimney breast with framed tablet inscribed 'The
Hardstaff Homes. These houses have been erected in accordance
with the will of Miss Mary Hardstaff, who died at Nottingham on
the 29th day of October 1899. Erected 1914.' To right, a
casement. Above, flat-roofed cross eaves dormer. Rear elevation
has 4 gabled single storey outbuildings and regular fenestration
with leaded casements with segmental heads.

Listing NGR: SK5387263156

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26532863

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)