Description

TQ 10 SE EAST CARLETON SPRING LANE

5/26 Curzon Hall
2-10-51
II

Manor house, C16 timber framed, rendered and colourwashed, pantile roof,
crow stepped gables. 3 bays, 2 storeys; chimney bay and off-centre axial
stack to left; full height 3-storeyed porch to centre right; end internal
stack to later additions to left and right gable ends; rear wing to right.
Principal facade to south: varied fenestration, mostly C20 insertions. 3-
storeyed porch in rendered brick, c.1600, crow stepped gable, octagonal
finials to gable and to clasping polygonal buttresses; basket headed porch
arch within square head; pediments to openings of all 3 storeys. Doorway
with double chamfered frame with decorative stops. East gable to right with
single storeyed early C20 addition in brick. West gable to left rebuilt;
attached single storeyed range of later C20 of no special interest. Rear:
early C17 stair turret to chimney bay, timber framed and rendered, gabled
2 storeyed turret with attic and cellar; 4-light wood mullioned window to
first floor centre bay; various fenestration lean-tos and additions. Rear
wing to left part across first bay: brick and timber framed, gable end with
some brick tumbling in and ovolo mullioned windows to ground and first floor.
Interior: timber framing exposed; bays 2 and 3 now one room with large
fireplace either end, that to chimney bay with basket arch; bay 3 with lozenge
mullions to former openings, front and rear. Doors to rear right and stair
in front of right gable end stack with C18 painted scenes. Wide dogleg
staircase to stair turret with acorns to double newels; stopped beams to turret
tie beams and stopped chamfers to stairway doorframes. Roof with curved
collars, partially renewed.

Listing NGR: TG1806401318

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26593333

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)