Description

EVENWOOD AND BARONY RAMSHAW LANE
NZ 12 NE
(East side)
5/22 Ramshaw Hall
14/9/66

GV II*

House. Circa 1700, possibly incorporating an earlier building. Thinly rendered
sandstone with ashlar dressings and projecting quoins; rear wing sandstone
rubble with quoins; front range roof concrete tiles, with stone slates at front
eaves; rear wing and left extension pantiled. L-plan. 2 storeys, 6 bays with
small one-storey, one-bay left privy. Third bay is wider and contains narrow
window to left of 8-panel door in architrave under scroll-bracketed stone hood;
paired narrow windows above, trompe l'oeil over door. Plain stone surrounds to
windows, all sashes; most renewed with 12 or 4 panes; early C19 12-pane sashes
on first floor in 2 right bays. Steeply-pitched roof has 3 ashlar ridge chimneys
with plinths and cyma recta cornices. Right return has 2-light chamfered,stone-
mullioned attic window with leaded glazing; long 2-storey rear wing with
irregular fenestration, all renewed. Rear has 2-storey, 2-bay outshut with
2-light stone-mullioned window, under catslide roof; inner return of rear wing
blank on ground floor.

Interior: dogleg close-string stair with high grip handrail on diabolo balusters;
panelling of C17 proportions in entrance hall and room to left, the latter with
segmental-headed cupboards with shaped shelves and shell tops flanking plain
stone fire. Large stop-chamfered beams in 2 main rooms. Many panelled doors
of c.1700.

Empty at time of survey.

Listing NGR: NZ1531126494

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26414983

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas