Description

OAK HILL ROAD, SPRING VALE
1.
1577
Oak Hill
SZ 6191 5/126 24.10.50.

II

2.
Late C18 is villa built for James Leacock, ancester of Stephen Leacock
who also lived in the house during his childhood. Original villa of two
storeys stucco faced with band between storeys and plinth. The slightly
recessed end bays were added later towards mid C19. Low pitch hipped
slate roof, projecting eaves. Five windows, recessed, sash, glazing
bars intact, block sillo, Venetian shutters. Central porch of square
section Tuscan columns with entablature, modern door, glazed. On the
left hand side of the porch a small head set in a jointed arch with
crockets deriving from St Helen's Priory, Priory Road, St Helen's.
To the North is a bowed extension added in the 1930's but in keeping with
the original house. Both fronts are partially covered by a creeper.
South side has a bow window of three lights and two bay windows of three
lights on ground floor, pilasters between lights, frieze and cornice,
glazing bars intact. Early to mid C19 wing added to rear, three windows,
recessed, sash, glazing bars intact.

Listing NGR: SZ6192191674

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26564496

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair