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PARISH OF HOLMESFIELD FANSHAWE GATE LANE
SK 37 NW
5/152
25.10.51 Woodthorpe Hall
GV II
House. C17 with later additions. Coursed coal measures
sandstone with quoins, coped gables with moulded kneelers,
ashlar ridge and gable stacks, and a stone slated roof. L-plan
house. East elevation. Two storey and attics, five bays, with
central doorway, flanked to the south by a single light C17
opening, and to the north by a 3-light recessed and chamfer
mullioned window. To the north end, a former doorway with
quoined surround and a massive lintel, now blocked to form a
2-light window. 3-light chamfer mullioned window to south end,
all windows beneath a continuous dripmould which steps up over
blocked doorway. First floor with two 3-light and three single
light windows, all C17, beneath a continuous dripmould. Two
gabled dormers to attic, with copings and kneelers, and with
3-light mullioned windows beneath plain dripmoulds. South
elevation of five bays with gable to east and with single,
2-light and 3-light mullioned windows beneath continuous
dripmoulds. Two gabled attic dormers, each with 3-light
mullioned windows. Off centre single storey gabled porch, with
Tudor-arched lintel. The ground floor windows have been
increased in depth. To the north elevation has been added the
two storey porch of Owlerton Hall, Sheffield, with a rusticated
ashlar surround, with massive projecting keyblock above cambered
doorway head, all below a plain dripmould. Above the doorway a
3-light chamfer mullioned window with a plain dripmould, above
which is a plaque bearing a coal of arms. Interior. Two good
C17 hearths and exposed ceiling timbers survive in the ground
floor rooms, and the attic rooms contain exposed cruck trusses
which are either raised or upper crucks, apparently re-used from
an earlier structure.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number:
79634
Legacy System:
LBS
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