Bailey House

Description

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

SD 63 NE AIGHTON, BAILEY & CHAIGLEY LONGRIDGE ROAD (OFF)

8/14 Bailey House 13.2.67 (formerly listed under Hurst Green) II

House, probably late C17th. Sandstone rubble with stone slate roof. Cross wing at the right-hand (east) end of squared sandstone. 2 storeys. The main block has a doorway at its right-hand end with moulded surround and moulded hood. To the left are 2 modern windows with plain reveals under wider C17th hood moulds. The 1st floor windows are mullioned with an outer chamfer and inner hollow chamfer to their surrounds. The left-hand window was of 4 lights and now has one light blocked. The middle window has been reconstructed and is now of 3 lights. The right-hand window is of 2 lights. The left-hand gable is watershot with a brick chimney cap.

A second brick chimney cap is to the right of the door. The cross wing may be later as it cuts across the hood of the front door. Its left-hand return wall has a blocked one-light chamfered 1st floor window. The front wall has a wide drip mould over a doorway with reconstructed reveals and a 2-light reconstructed window to its right. On the 1st floor is a 4-light mullioned window with outer chamfer and inner hollow chamfer to the surround and hood mould over. The right-hand return wall has been partly reconstructed, with a 1st floor window having C17th parts to the surround, and a brick chimney cap. The rear wall of the main block has windows with plain reveals and a blocked one-light chamfered window under the eaves. Adjoining is a later lower wing.



Listing NGR: SD6736838022

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/0738 IOE Records taken by K Foster; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mr K. Foster. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project