Mark House

Description

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

ST34NE MARK CP BLACKFORD ROAD (South Side)

9/98 Mark House

9.2.61

- II

Country house. Circa 1800. Flemish Bond brickwork, moulded stone cornice, brick parapet with plain coping, double span slate roof, coped verges, end brick stacks with stone caps. Symmetrical frontage. Three storeys, 3 bays, that to centre breaks forward slightly; C20 2-light casements to second floor; 12-pane sash windows to first floor; tripartite 20-pane sash windows to ground floor, cambered heads; all with rubbed brick voussoirs. Central door opening with side lights, elliptical head, rubbed brick voussoirs, 6-panelled door, overlight with radiating glazing bars. Two storey flanking brick pavilion to right, slate roof with ridge at right-angles to frontage, pedimented gable with a moulded stone surround. Tall semi-circular head sash window with glazing bars in a shallow recess to centre of frontage. The pavilion is connected to the house by a short section of brick wall incorporating a shallow semi-circular headed niche.

Some co-eval interior features, including staircase and window shutters to ground floor.

Listing NGR: ST3837147812

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0125 IOE Records taken by Michael Bass; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Michael Bass. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project