Description

LYNDON
SK 90 SW CHURCH ROAD (South Side)

6/154 Lyndon Hall

14.6.54

GV II*

Mansion. 1671-3. By John Sturges for Sir Abel Barker. Ashlar with plinth,
rusticated quoins, 1st floor band, coved cornice and stone dressings,
and Collyweston slate hipped roof with 4 moulded stone central valley
stacks ornamented with rusticated quoins and blank arches. Square plan,
the 3 principal fronts similar. 2½ storeys of 7 mullion and transom 2-light
windows, the ground floor lowered, probably mid C19. Moulded stone frames
and sills. 3 2-light dormers above, the central with semi-circular gable.
The central 1st floor window projects slightly and has shouldered frame
and carved volutes either side. In middle of entrance front a mid C19
square entrance porch in similar style, a rounded arch on each side,
open to front, glazed to sides. Carved consoles support cornice with
balustrade over. 2 leaved part-glazed door within. In centre of left
garden front a doorway filled mid C19 with window similar to rest. Open
scrolled pediment over. In centre of rear garden front similar doorway
with 2 leaved part-glazed door up 2 stone stops. On left end of this
front a mid C19 1 storey extension. Mid C19 interior. Pevsner and Colvin.

Listing NGR: SK9069904363

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17535565

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Recommended Books

• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)