Description

EGGLESTON PROSPECT TERRACE NY92SE (West end)

19/28 Eggleshope House West and Eggleshope House East with attached out- buildings GV II 2 houses, at one time united and later re-divided, with outbuildings attached. Mid C19 for London Lead Company. Coursed squared coarse sandstone with ashlar dressings and chamfered quoins; rear coursed rubble. Stone-flagged roof with stone gable copings. 2 storeys, 6 bays and east pent one-storey addition, to which a one-storey, 5-bay outbuilding is attached at right-angles. South elevation: early C20 metal French doors with glazing bars at centre of each house between plain pilasters under stone-bracketed gabled hoods. Flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills to sashes with glazing bars, those of Eggleshope House West with plain glazing added in front of original sashes. Stone block gutter brackets. 3 corniced ridge chimneys, at ends and centre. Set-back right pent addition, front obscured by low C20 addition, links to gable of outbuildings.

Rear elevation shows each house has central 2-storey projection under catslide roof, with doors in plain stone surrounds; pedimented porch with plain round columns to Eggleshope House East; sashes with glazing bars. Inner return of outbuildings has wood lintels over 2 boarded vehicle entrances, and stone lintels over 2 boarded doors and fixed light with glazing bars and brick sill. Said to have been the home for many years of Ethel M. Dell, popular novelist (1881-1939).

Listing NGR: NY9950824186

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990