Description

HAWKSHEAD
SD 39 NE
Esthwaite Lodge
6/118

House, now youth hostel. c.1840. Stucco with slate roofs. 2 storeys, 3 x 3
bays with hipped roof, and gabled rear range. Main range has panelled angle
pilaster strips and wide bracketed eaves. South-east garden facade has timber
trellis verandah, segmental arches with round arches to either end and hipped
roof; 1st floor sill band. Windows are sashed with glazing bars and margin
lights; those to ground floor are tripartite with consoled entablatures, and
flank round-headed niche. Right return has 3 bays similar, the ground floor
windows have architraves. Central entrance has Doric porch and 6-panel door in
glazed doorcase; overlight with glazing bars. 2 bays to right have sashed
windows with glazing bars and casements. Left return similar, with canted bay
with hipped roof and French windows with glazing bars and margin lights. Rear
has lean-to porch with 6-fielded-panel door to return. Central stack, gable-end
stacks and rear lateral stack. Interior has enriched cornices, fireplaces,
panelled doors etc. Home of Francis Brett Young, 1884-1954, poet, novelist and
physician, lived here 1929-32.

Listing NGR: SD3544496702

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Esthwaite Lodge at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q24191781

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (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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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5