Description

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ST 57 SE LONG ASHTON ABBOTSLEIGH ROAD
LEIGHWOODS

5/10001 White House and
Grange Fell

- II

Pair of dwellings. 1901 by Henry Dare Bryan. Roughcast over
brick; gabled and hipped tile roofs with original rainwater
goods; roughcast stacks. Longitudinal plan with dwelling at each
end. Arts and Crafts style. 2 storeys and attics; 5-window range.
Wood-mullioned windows of up to 4 lights with original shutters
and iron catches etc to rectangular leaded casements. Swept roof
with moulded guttering over two square bay windows to left. Broad
overhanging eaves, surmounted by flat-roofed dormer to left with
plain pilasters and moulded cornice, is continued to run beneath
tall M-shaped gabled dormers to right which are built over 2-
storey canted bays with central doorway. Other elevations in
similar style, especially notable being the treatment of the
gable ends, with eaves of roof wrapped around each gable, that
to right under gablet flanked by stacks and that to left over
canted oriel window and doorway with decorative bracketed hood
in early C18 style. Interior: complete with panelled doors in
moulded architraves, moulded cornices and fireplaces in classical
and Art Nouveau style. The White House to left has pierced Art
Nouveau splat balusters to staircase. Strapwork ceiling to rear
left. Service doors with flat cornicing, the pantry having
original shelves. Grange Fell noted as having complete interior
and grained vaulting to entrance hall. A good example of an Arts
and Crafts house, clearly influenced by the work of C F A Voysey.

Listing NGR: ST5562972870

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26540978

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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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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)