The Knoll

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TA 3008 NE CLEETHORPES ALEXANDRA ROAD (west side)

8/1 The Knoll

GV II

Houses, now offices. 1898, with C20 alterations. Red brick in Flemish bond with ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof. Main range approximately square on plan, double-depth, with 2-room, central entrance-hall east front, secondary south front, and service wing to rear right. 2 storeys, 3-bay asymmetrical east front with projecting section to right. Moulded ashlar plinth. 4 stone steps to ornate ashlar doorcase with pilasters bearing carved relief of urns and foliage, scrolled capitals with bowls of fruit, and foliate dosserets carrying plain entablature with moulded cornice. Projecting rectangular ground-floor ashlar bay window to left with tripartite plate-glass sash to front, pilastered mullions with paterae ornament, pulvinated frieze and slightly advanced central pedimented section with relief carving to tympanum. Projecting bay to right has canted ground-floor ashlar bay window with similar surround carrying segmental pediment with figured. relief in tympanum. First floor sill stringcourse. Porch supports a semi-circular ashlar bow window with panelled apron bearing relief of fronds, and tripartite' sash with plain pilasters. Side bays have tripartite ashlar sashes with slightly advanced central sections and plain pilasters. Ornate moulded brick and ashlar cornice with pulvinated frieze, billet and pellet mouldings, corniced gutter. Small conical roof with iron ball finial above central bow window, ashlar pediments with iron finials above side windows: segmental pediment to left with relief of urn and foliage; triangular pediment to right with date in cartouche. Hipped roof with roof balcony with ornate miniature cast-iron balustrade with finialed principals. Pair of ridge stacks to right return, single stack to left return, with ashlar plinths and moulded cornices. Left return forms secondary 2-bay front to Knoll Street. Left bay breaks forward, with ground-floor canted ashlar bay with triangular pediment; right bay has ground-floor bow window with cornice and miniature cast-iron balcony railings. First floor: tripartite window to left, 2-light window to right. Single segmental-headed roof dormer to right. Similar dormer to right return. All windows with C20 replacement sashes. Interior. Entrance lobby has ornate part-glazed entrance to main hall, with carved pulvinated frieze and scrolled pediment with carved tympanum above door, and side panels with geometric glazing bars and stained glass. Hall has panelled doors in architraves with similar ornately-carved entablatures and pediments, stained glass screen to rear, moulded panelled ceiling. Open-well staircase with turned balusters, moulded handrail and ornate newel-posts with carved panels, finials and pendant drops. Basket-arched stairwindow with pair of round-headed lights in shafted surrounds with ornate geometrical glazing and stained glass with central figures. Upper hall has similar moulded frieze and ceiling. Main rooms to both floors have original ornate woodwork and plasterwork: ground-floor right, in "Georgian" style, has columned chimneypiece, Adam-style frieze and garlanded plasterwork ceiling: most other rooms have Jacobethan-style interiors.

Listing NGR: TA3084808646

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