Description

BROOMLEY AND STOCKSFIELD BYWELL SCHOOL
NZ 06 SE
5/88 Wentworth House and
Wentworth Cottage

GV II

Pair of houses, dated 1853. Squared stone with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate
roofs. Tudor Gothic style. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Chamfered plinth. Recessed
centre between gabled end bays; taller left bay has 4-light bay window with
moulded cornice and parapet, 3-light window above and small lozenge-shaped
gable light above dated panel with Allendale arms in gable. Centre 4-light
window and 2-light window in gabled half-dormer above; right bay has 3-light
(below) and 2-light windows and slit in gable. All openings in recessed
chamfered surrounds, mostly with hoodmoulds; glazing renewed except for latticed
slit on right return of porch. Ridge stack with 4 short circular shafts.
Left return shows projecting gabled porch (to Wentworth House) with vertical-
panelled door under moulded 4-centred arch, outer order and gable corbelled
out. Right return shows projecting stepped stack. Entrance to Wentworth Cottage
at rear. Gables with serpentine cusped bargeboards; moulded finials with
pendants.

Listing NGR: NZ0538961487

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26297451

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