Description

NY 46 SE SCALEBY SCALEBY

9/165 Scaleby Hall

II

House. 1834 for Henry Farrer. Red sandstone ashlar with chamfered plinth,
raised quoins and plain raised cornice; green slate roof with large wooden eaves
cornice and modillions, carried round to give wooden gabled pediment, ashlar
chimney stacks. 2 storeys and attic, 5 bays, with single-storey, 2-bay
extension to right and 2-storey, 4-bay extension to rear. Prostyle Ionic
entrance porch has moulded entablature and cornice, wrought-iron balcony above.
Top glazed panelled door, with patterned fanlight, has moulded architrave with
pilaster strips. Sash windows with glazing bars, that above entrance having
shouldered moulded architrave. Interior has apsidal semicircular cantilever
staircase, lattice infill between turned wooden balusters and mahogany handrail;
round arch staircase window has late C19 coloured glass and panelled shutters.
Principal room has wall recess with round arch and pilaster strips: moulded
plaster cornice and decorative plaster boss: panelled shutters. Painted
panelled doors throughout, one of mahogany. Extensions were probably of late
C19 for Sir Robert Allison, Liberal MP, who entertained Gladstone in this house.

Listing NGR: NY4526163127

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620155

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)