Description

THORNTON IN LONSDALE MASONGILL
SD 67 NE
5/2 Masongill House
20.2.58
- II
House. c1780 with mid-C19 alterations. Rendered, millstone grit dressings,
stone slate roof. Central staircase plan. Garden front: 2 storeys, 3 bays.
Central entrance within wooden trellised porch, plain surround, 9 panel door,
blocked fanlight. Flanking ground floor and outer 2 upper floor windows are
2-light flat faced mullioned. Central upper floor single light window; sashes.
Chamfered quoins. Moulded modillioned eaves cornice (probably mid C19) broken
in centre by round headed dormer window with fixed light; open pediment above
supported on scrolled brackets with ball finial (also probably mid-C19). Large
kneelers and ball finials. Projecting gable end ridge stacks. House enlarged
mid-cl9 by flanking one storey one bay pavilion which breaks forward, of ashlar.
Large window to gable end of each wing with moulded surround. Pilasters support
open pediment. Exposed purlins to projecting eaves. Left-hand return contains
canted bay window; sashes. Rear: refronted mid-C19, with c1860 gabled porch.
Chamfered round head, open pediment and ball finial. Chamfered surround to
entrance, 4 panel door, upper 2 glazed with Gothic revival glazing. Similar
but blind tracery above. Interior: dog-leg staircase with open string, stick
balusters, ramped handrail.

Listing NGR: SD6657675387

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544690

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]