Eden House, With Walls, Railings and Gates
EDEN HOUSE, WITH WALLS, RAILINGS AND GATES, A689
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1121454
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Eden House, With Walls, Railings and Gates
- Statutory Address:
- EDEN HOUSE, WITH WALLS, RAILINGS AND GATES, A689
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1121454
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Eden House, With Walls, Railings and Gates
- Statutory Address 1:
- EDEN HOUSE, WITH WALLS, RAILINGS AND GATES, A689
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- EDEN HOUSE, WITH WALLS, RAILINGS AND GATES, A689
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Windlestone
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 26348 28927
Details
NZ 22 NE WINDLESTONE A 689 (South side, off)
9/85 Eden House, with walls, railings and gates GV II
House. Probably early C19 for Sir Robert Johnson Eden of Windlestone Hall (q.v.). Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar plinth, chamfered quoins, and dressings; returns and rear coursed rubble. Roof graduated Lakeland slate with stone gable copings, roll-moulded grey ridge and rendered brick chimneys: corniced square yellow pots at left, tapered square red pots at right. Welsh slate on rear extension. Ashlar walls and cast iron railings and gates. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Central 6-panel door and fret-patterned overlight in tooled plain stone surround. Similar surrounds to 12-pane sashes with fine glazing bars above and in outer bays. High plinth to sill level. Roof gable copings rest on moulded kneelers; banded end chimneys. Rear full-width pent one-storey extension.
Segmental-topped dwarf walls break forward from left end of house and bound left side of garden. Railings on walls have palmette heads; bulbous finials on principals; large urn finials on 2 round-station gate piers supporting spike-headed gates, with dogbars and central patterned band.
Listing NGR: NZ2634828927
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 112285
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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