Description

MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE PRIORY ROAD SK 5363 SE (north side) 6/57 Hardstaff Homes Nos. 5, 6, 7 & 8 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 right, 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, 4 casements. East end has late C20 flat roofed glazed porch and door. 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: SK5390263160

External Links

• Wikidata Q26681512

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