Description

SK 94 NE ANCASTER HIGH DIKE (south end, east side)

6/3 Ancaster House 19-2-52

G.V. II*

House: C17 with early C19 refronting and additions. Coursed limestone rubble and red brick with ashlar dressings, pantile rooft with stone coped gables and 2 brick gable stacks. L-plan. Two storey three bay front in red brick with stone plinth, rusticated quoins, and narrow stone cornice, the flanking bays are slightly bowed through both storeys. Central C19 six panelled glazed door with traceried fanlight having small stone doorcase with slender engaged Tuscan columns, narrow frieze and cornice. Flanked by single C19 glazing bar sash bow windows. Above a central glazing bar sash is flanked by two further bow sash windows, all windows have reeded surrounds with corner rosettes. All windows have later Venetian shutters. The gable walls and rear wing are coursed limestone rubble. Interior has an elliptical iron balustraded staircase in curved rear projection. The principal rooms retain contemporary fireplaces, moulded plaster cornices, panelled doors and in the entrance hall are two reeded blank arches to both side walls.

Listing NGR: SK9825343360

External Links

• Wikidata Q17550422

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)