Beech Lawn
BEECH LAWN, HEATH COMMON
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1135546
- Date first listed:
- 11-Apr-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Beech Lawn
- Statutory Address:
- BEECH LAWN, HEATH COMMON
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- Date:
- 2001-06-18
- Reference:
- IOE01/04347/15
- Rights:
- © Mrs Mavis Watkin. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1135546
- Date first listed:
- 11-Apr-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Beech Lawn
- Statutory Address 1:
- BEECH LAWN, HEATH COMMON
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:
- BEECH LAWN, HEATH COMMON
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wakefield (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Warmfield cum Heath
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 35811 19992
Details
SE 3519 and SE 3520 WARMFIELD-CUM-HEATH HEATH COMMON (east side)
6/75 Beech Lawn 11.4.73
GV II
Large house. Early-mid C18, c1770, early C19 and early C20. Hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings, some C19 brick to rear range, stone slate roofs. T-shaped on plan: small C18 cottage with added range c1770 at right angles fronting the Common with added cells to either end early C19. 2 storeys with attics to rear range. South front: originally 3 symmetrical bays. Ashlar plinth and band. Doorway has architrave, pulvinated frieze and triangular pediment with, above, sash window in plain raised surround; flanking bays have original full-height canted bays with a sash window to each floor. Set back, added bays have to each side an early-C20 canted bay window with sash to each face, tripartite lead lean-to roof; 1st floor has, to left, 2 sash windows with lintels and projecting sills and, to right, plain stone plaque. The whole under one hipped roof, the full-height canted bays have tripartite hip to ridge. 4 stacks set to rear roof pitch. Rear: from left, C20 3-bay extension; wing breaks forward at right angles with brick gable stack; set back, to right, house has doorway with monolithic jambs and overlight, 2 sash windows above. Right-hand return of house has added apsidal glazed conservatory with above segmental tripartite curved glazed sash window. Wing has 3 bays of windows with to right a former doorway (blocked) with chamfered surround to right, fronts garden; 2 ridge stacks. Left-hand return of house has 3 bays of sash windows, 15-pane to ground floor (dining room), 12-pane to 1st floor. Wing: set back, and fronting yard, has C19 brick bay with segmental-arched window to each floor, with to right and set forward 3 bays of sash windows.
Interior: entrance hall has open-well staircase with paired finely-turned balusters and ramped handrail. To left, sitting room with:elliptical-arched recess, the architrave decorated with chain motif; marble fireplace, moulded dado rail and cornice. To right, double drawing-room has fine Edwardian decoration, each room having carved fireplace with fluted Greek Ionic pilasters and cast-iron gates, wide linking double-doors. Finely decorated Regency dining-room, windows, doorways and sideboard recesses flanking fireplace all with similar architraves; marble fireplace with cast-iron grate; cornice decorated with Greek key ornament (illustrated in Hall, p27). Room to rear of entrance hall, part of earlier cottage, has C18 fireplace with architrave, fluted frieze and dentil cornice flanked by original fitted mahogany drawers and bookcase. Dining-chamber has marble fireplace which pulls forward on wheels allowing access to chimney for sweeping. Drawing-room chamber has canted plaster ceiling. Back-stair has simple stick balusters leading down to kitchen.
I. and E. Hall, Heath (booklet).
Listing NGR: SE3581119992
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 342380
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hall, I, E, , Heath, (), 27
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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