Description

GRANGE-OVER-SANDS

SD47NW LINDALE ROAD
705-1/2/17 (East side (off))
02/05/75 Castle Head
(Formerly Listed as:
LINDALE ROAD
Castle Head (excluding modern blocks
to north and south))

II

Large house, now field centre. Late C18. For J Wilkinson.
Extensively re-modelled and extended in the later C19, with
further C20 additions made when used as a school. Painted
render with slate roofs.
PLAN AND EXTERIOR: the earliest part of the building is of
rectangular plan with 2 parallel hipped roofs, of 3 storeys,
with the 3 main facades of 3 window bays each and having a
continuous timber verandah (part glazed and part slated).
The windows are timber casements and those to the outer window
bays of each facade have projecting sills, plain reveals, and
segmental arches with keystones and chamfered voussoirs. The
central window bays to the north and south are recessed, with
wider timber casements on the 1st and 2nd floors, and doorways
on the ground floor. The east facade has a 3-storey canted bay
window. The verandah is supported on paired timber posts and
has latticework balustrading. Near the main entrance there is
cresting with the initial 'M': the house was owned by Edward
Mucklow in the late C19. The facades have bracketed cornice
gutters.
HISTORY: the house was built for John Wilkinson (1728-1808)
the iron master and is raised above the adjoining mosslands
which he drained and improved from 1778 onwards. Despite its
late C19 appearance, an early C19 view reproduced by
JM Robinson shows that the walls, the roof shape, and the
positions of the openings, remain from the original house.
The further C20 blocks to the north and south are not of
special architectural interest.
(Robinson JM: A Guide to the Country Houses of the North-West:
London: 1991-: 171).

Listing NGR: SD4215279839

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Castle Head Field Centre at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5050109

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)