Description

SHEFFIELD

SK39SW BEN LANE, Wadsley
784-1/1/895 (North side (off))
01/05/52 Loxley House (RN Training Ship
Sheffield) and adjoining service
wing
(Formerly Listed as:
BEN LANE
Loxley House (with outbuildings))

II

Country house and adjoining service wing, now a Royal Navy
Training Ship. Dated 1795 and 1826, with mid and late C20
alterations. Ashlar with hipped slate roof, with 2 coped ridge
stacks and 2 side wall stacks.
EXTERIOR: plinth, rusticated quoins, sill and impost bands,
modillion eaves, balustrade. Mainly Venetian windows with
glazing bar sashes and keystones.
3 storey main block, 3 windows, with set back 2 storey wings,
single windows. The wings have single round-headed windows
above. Balustraded square porch, now roofless, with corner
pilasters and single Doric columns flanking the entrance.
Single glazing bar light in each side. Fielded 6-panel door
with sidelights and overlight.
Rear wing, 2 storeys plus basement, has to east 3 round
windows with glazing bars and keystones, the left one blocked,
and to their right, set higher, a 3-light glazing bar
casement. To right again, a close boarded door flanked by
single round windows. Above, to left, a 3-light glazing bar
casement and to right, 4 tall glazing bar casements. Below, to
left, 2 fielded 6-panel doors and between them, three 3-light
casements, 2 of them set in round-headed carriage arches. To
right, a blocked door flanked by single 2-light mullioned
windows and to right again, a fielded 6-panel door and a pair
of segment-headed carriage doors. At the right end, an L-plan
paved ramp to the first floor, with a stepped coped retaining
wall to the slope and a spearhead railing to the shorter leg.
West side has scattered fenestration including 3 round
windows.
INTERIOR has entrance hall with modillion cornice and open
well cantilever stone stair with cast-iron fleur-de-lys
balusters and mahogany handrail. Ground floor has fluted
doorcases with cornices and first floor landing has a
round-headed doorcase with hood on scroll brackets and cobweb
fanlight. Right ground floor room has moulded cornice and a
half-round domed recess. Inlaid limestone Classical fireplace.
Other main rooms have enriched cornices, moulded doorcases and
C19 marble fireplace. Service wing has segmental vaults
throughout the basement and above.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: The West
Riding: London: 1967-: 472).

Listing NGR: SK3159190320

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561174

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy