Sherridge House

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

LEIGH CP SHERRIDGE LANE (off) SO 75 SE 2/62 Sherridge House 29.7.59 - II House. Early C18 with earlier remains and early to mid-C19 alterations.

Brick in Flemish bond with limestone dressings and hipped slate roof. Two storeys with attic, six bays. Windows sashed with glazing bars and gauged brick heads. Outer windows on ground floor have C19 stone architraves.

A stone portico with five Tuscan columns extends over the other ground floor windows. Door in third bay. Chimney on ridge between fifth and sixth bays.

The left hand return wall, facing south-west, is of three bays and has a Venetian sash window with Gothick glazing on the first floor. The right- hand return wall has two three-storey canted bay windows. Interior not fully inspected. South-western part of house said to contain part of concealed timber-frame. Stair hall contains stair with open string, slim turned balusters, and ramped handrail, which rises to a landing carried on a screen of Tuscan columns.

Listing NGR: SO7717051372

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1516 IOE Records taken by D Pagett; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr D Pagett. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project