Description

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20.9.51

WESTOW
HENLOW LANE
(east side)
Westow Hall
(formerly listed as The Hall)

GV
II

House. Late C17 with C20 remodelling. Hammer-dressed limestone with ashlar
dressings, and pantile roof. Staircase hallway entry with 2 cross wings to
rear. 2 storeys and attic, 7 bays. Rusticated quoins. Central bay breaks
forward slightly and is ashlar-faced. Half-glazed door in Gibbs surround
carrying broken segmental pediment. 15-pane unequal sashes in keyed stone
architraves to ground and first floors, that to centre of first floor
flanked by pilasters, cyma-moulded eaves course. Casements to C20 inserted
attic dormers, with alternate triangular and segmental heads. Gable coping,
shaped kneelers, end and ridge stacks. Interior: 2 good carved wooden
fireplaces with foliate designs. Blocked tripartite fireplace to kitchen.
Open string column-on-vase staircase with ramped handrail. Early Sun Fire
Insurance plaque to left gable end.

Listing NGR: SE7541065181

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17539970

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living