Description

NY 81 SW STAINMORE

9/92 Augill Castle
12.9.57
G.V. II

Large house in castellated Gothick style, started 1841 for John Pearson.
Coursed rubble with projecting embattled parapet. Graduated slate roofs with
stone mid-chimneys. 2 storeys, 13 bays overall. Original symmetrical front
4:1:4 with turrets to corners and flanking porch. Door has pointed head;
pointed 3-light traceried window above. Ground floor windows transomed, 1st
floor windows have inner pointed heads to lights. Square stair tower to centre
rear. Interior has re-used late C17 panelling (variously dated) to entrance
hall; ornate fireplace has cusped panelling, 4-centred arch, and embattled
mantelpiece. Ground floor room to left has Gothick niches and moulded saltire
cross decoration, with foliate bosses, to ceiling; similar bosses to frieze.
Room to right of hall has pierced spandrels to transverse beams; fireplace
similar to hall. End room has dais; some original doors with Gothick
panelling. Traceried stair window said to be modelled on window in Melrose
Abbey.

Listing NGR: NY8059813834

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26437913

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