Description

ACKWORTH PONTEFRACT ROAD
SE41NW
(east side) Low
Ackworth
2/18 Ackworth House
25.3.1968
- II

Large house, now boarding house to Ackworth School Later C18, enlarged in
later C19. Sandstone (north front rendered) and coursed squared sandstone;
slate roof. Double pile plan. North front of 3 storeys and 5 bays, in
Classical style; symmetrical; pedimented 3-bay centre has central doorway
with panelled door, architrave of Tuscan semi-columns with triglyph frieze
and segmental pediment and narrow side windows; a small window to the right,
and a 2-light sashed window on each side; outer bays have sashes without
glazing bars; 1st floor has 12-pane sashes linked by a sill-band, and that in
the centre has an architrave with cornice; 2nd floor has low 6-pane sashes;
the pediment contains raised decoration consisting of a floral medallion
beneath a swag, and has an urn on the apex. Low-pitched hipped roof with 2
ridge chimney stacks. The added rear range, of 2 storeys,with symmetrical
south front, has an open-pedimented centre flanked by full-height canted
bays; a broad lst-floor band carried round the whole; the centre has a large
tripartite sashed window at ground floor, and at 1st floor a tall Venetian-
style window with balustrade, the flanking bays each have three 12-pane
sashes on each floor, with raised sills, and hipped roofs.
Interior: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SE4411717489

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599697

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)