Description

LEIGHTON AND EATON CONSTANTINE C.P.

SJ 60 NW;2/83

GARMSTON,
Garmston House

II

Farmhouse, now house. Early to mid-C18 with later additions and
alterations. Red brick on stepped plinth, machine tile hipped roof.
Two storeys and attic, floor band; five bays, cross-paned sashes to first
floor in original openings, ground floor has late C19 three-light
casements with segmental heads to left and right of central entrance,
late C19 gabled brick porch over half-glazed door, cutting infilled
original window opening, two early C20 gabled dormers in roof slope;
integral end stack to left with one integral and one external stack
to right, all with moulded capping; right return has one blind window
on each floor with mullion and transom painted in imitation. Two hip-
roofed projections to rear flank central gable with illegible date-
stone, Salop Fire Insurance plate over 4-panel door beneath. Lower
mid-C19 service range to left. Interior: C18 staircase to right of
front entrance rising to attic with carved splat balusters, moulded
handrail and newels; two chamfered spine beams with ogee stops and
heavy joists in left-hand ground-floor room and late C18 fireplace
with Adam-style wooden surround to right-hand ground-floor room.

Listing NGR: SJ6070206108

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26648414

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)