Description

ST TUDY
SX 07 NE
2/146 Lamellen

GV II*

Large house. Built in 1698 for Samuel Furness and rebuilt in 1849 for J P Magor
(datestone). Local stone rubble with ashlar granite dressings. Slate roofs with
gable ends. Stone rubble and ashlar granite axial and end stacks with diagonal set
brick shafts in groups of threes.
Plan: The house appears to date almost entirely from the 1849 rebuild, possibly
reusing some dressed granite. Complicated double depth plan with entrance in east
front, through 2-storey porch into wide entrance hall. Large drawing room on left of
hall, lit by large bay window overlooking the gardens to the sough and labrary to
right of hall, now the dining room. To rear of the hall is the main open well stair,
lit by a mullion and transom stair window on the rear elevation with a room to left,
possibly originally the dining room and back stair to right. Small 2-storey
projection to rear of stair, in form of 2-storey porch on rear elevation, but without
entrance on ground floor, now used to house the lavatories. The service wing
continues along the north (right hand) side of the house, set back from the front
elevation and projecting in a rear wing on the west.
Picturesque Elizabethan style.
Exterior: East front elevation of 2-storeys with an asymmetrical 6-window
arrangement. Entrance through gabled 2-storey porch to left of centre with entrance
hall lit by 2-light mullion window to right, the drawing room to left slightly
advanced and with a higher roof and the library to right. Set back to right is the
gable end of the service wing. The porch has a 4-centred arched opening with Magor
coat of arms above. 2 light mullion window to left and 8-light mullion and transom
window to far left, lighting the drawing room. 1-light window and 3-light mullion
windows to right. Above five 2 and 3-light mullion windows with 3-light mullion
window in gable end of 2-storey porch with datestone above. Set back to right is the
projecting end stack of the service range, the shaft removed and a C20 door inserted.
North elevation of 2-storeys and attic with an asymmetrical 5 window front. Near
centre, the 2)-storey porch-like projection has a battlemented parapet and is flanked
by the window to the back stair on left and the mullion and transom window of the
main stair on right. To far left is the gable end of the 2-storey and attic service
range and to right the 2-storey wing which possibly has the dining room on the groun
floor which is lit by a mullion and transom window in a projecting bay with a
battlemented parapet. Datestone 'SF 1698' commemorating earlier building.
Interior: Carpentry and joinery complete with original chimney-pieces and
plasterwork. The wide entrance hall has a geometrical patterned rib ceiling and is
heated by a freestone Gothic chimney-piece. Mouded cornice with floral motifs to
drawing room and dining room to rear. Library chimney-piece of hard wood carved with
cherubs and grapes. Open well stair with barley sugar twist balusters and moulded
rail with ribbed coved ceiling above. Coved ceilings to first floor rooms.
Doorframe complete, several with chamfered and stopped 4-centred arches. Linen-fold
panelled doors.

Listing NGR: SX0555477329

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534361

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)