Description

SD 5276-5376 BURTON MAIN STREET (East side) Burton 6/14 Burton House, North wing; Burton House, 12.2.62 South wing; Burton House and rear garden wall attached to South wing and forming rear wall of the White Cottage and Outlook (formerly listed as Burton House))

G.V. II*

House, now divided into 3, and rear garden wall. Late C18 with later alterations. Ashlar front, rubble sides and rear, partly with scored stucco; graduated greenslate roof. 3-storey central block with 2-storey pavilions and linking blocks, plus cellars. 9 bays 1:2:3:2:1. Sashes with glazing bars in moulded stone surrounds. Venetian style Main Entrance (now to Burton House) in left-hand return of central block, has 6-panelled door under fanlight with interlaced glazing bars in moulded surround with keystone. Linking blocks have French windows with marginal glazing bars;and upper floors, probably added later, each have 2 sashes. Pavilions have single sash to each floor and pedimented gables. Ground-floor openings, except Main Entrance, have alternately a pediment or cornice. Plinth, moulded cill band to ground floor, plain cill band to first floor, modillioned overhanging eaves. Rear has tripartite sashes in main block, 3 round-headed windows with interlaced glazing bars in summerhouse in North wing facing garden and 3 blind round-headed windows in garden wall attached to South wing to complete symmetry. Interior has original panelled doors, shutters and architraves, fireplaces in all but 2 rooms and decorative plasterwork to principal rooms throughout. Notably: Burton House has oval Adam-style drawing room, decorative plasterwork to upstairs sitting room and well of stone staircase which has open string, ramped handrails with wreathed terminal and curtail. South wing retains shelving and plasterwork of original library and North wing has remains of original panelled cupboards and shelves in former summerhouse.

Listing NGR: SD5303276215

External Links

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