Description

ULVERSTON

SD2878
626-1/3/136
02/03/50

STOCKBRIDGE LANE
(South side)
Stockbridge House

II

House. Early to mid C19. Pebbledashed with painted stone
dressings and slate roof.
A symmetrical composition of 2 storeys plus attic and 3 bays.
The facade has a stone plinth, a 1st-floor sill band, a
cornice below the very shallow attic windows, and a plain
stone gutter. The windows are tripartite, with glazing bar
sashes to the lower storeys and casements to the attic. They
have narrow rendered surrounds; those on the ground floor have
segmental arches which rise above the timber cornice which
forms the upper part of the window frame. The doorway has
glazed double doors with margin panes and an overlight, and a
Tuscan porch of painted stone raised on 2 steps. The gable
chimneys are of yellow brick. The gables have bracketed
verges. A rear wing has a chimney cap of limestone ashlar.
INTERIOR: the dogleg open-string stair has stick balusters and
a wreathed mahogany handrail. The windows have panelled
shutters and the doors have raised and fielded panels. The
left-hand front room has a white marble fireplace surround
with a round-topped grate. The right-hand room contains a
fireplace with a surround of polished limestone and a grate
with folding cast-iron shutters.

Listing NGR: SD2839578402

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560235

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)