Description

NU 2311 LESBURY A 1068 (East side) Lesbury

19/88 Lesbury House

II

House, c.1800 incorporating earlier C18 rear wing; major extensions by Browne family in mid-C19. Front and left return ashlar, diagonally-tooled on ground floor and vertically-tooled above. Other parts squared tooled stone. Welsh slate roofs. Older part L-plan; mid-C19 east extension has rear wings enclosing stable yard.

South elevation. Main block 2 storeys, 5 bays, slightly asymmetric. Plinth, sill bands. 3 steps up to right-of-centre renewed fielded-panel door in renewed surround with pilasters, moulded cornice and blocking course. 12-pane sash windows. Moulded eaves cornice. Hipped roof with 2 stepped-and-corniced ridge stacks. To right the single-storey 3-bay mid-C19 part with similar detail and fenestration; coped right end gable with corniced stack. Main block has similar 3-bay left return, except that central bay windows are blind; set back to left is 4-bay rear wing showing varied fenestration including paired 8-pane sashes under lintel with diamond-shaped keystones; left end bay is C19 extension. Rear elevation of main block shows arched window, with intersecting glazing bars, above 12-pane Yorkshire sash with external iron bars.

Interior: Sitting room has original cornice with egg-and-dart and acanthus ornament. Dog-leg stair with stick balusters, moulded and ramped handrail, moulded newels and shaped tread ends. Two segmental-arched chamfered fireplaces of early C18 kitchen in room adjacent to present kitchen. Sitting Room, Library and Drawing Room have carved stone Adam fireplaces from Alnwick Castle.

Listing NGR: NU2339011583

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)