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Lesbury House 1041792

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.632260 55.397819,-1.632260 55.397828,-1.632383...
• entry-date: 2013-01-29
• listed-building: 1041792
• name: Lesbury House
• notes: NU 2311 LESBURY A 1068 (East side) Lesbury 19/88 Lesbury House II House, c.1800 incorporating earlier C18 rear wing; major extensions by Browne family in mid-C19. Front and left return ashlar, diagonally-tooled on ground floor and vertically-tooled above. Other parts squared tooled stone. Welsh slate roofs. Older part L-plan; mid-C19 east extension has rear wings enclosing stable yard. South elevation. Main block 2 storeys, 5 bays, slightly asymmetric. Plinth, sill bands. 3 steps up to right-of-centre renewed fielded-panel door in renewed surround with pilasters, moulded cornice and blocking course. 12-pane sash windows. Moulded eaves cornice. Hipped roof with 2 stepped-and-corniced ridge stacks. To right the single-storey 3-bay mid-C19 part with similar detail and fenestration; coped right end gable with corniced stack. Main block has similar 3-bay left return, except that central bay windows are blind; set back to left is 4-bay rear wing showing varied fenestration including paired 8-pane sashes under lintel with diamond-shaped keystones; left end bay is C19 extension. Rear elevation of main block shows arched window, with intersecting glazing bars, above 12-pane Yorkshire sash with external iron bars. Interior: Sitting room has original cornice with egg-and-dart and acanthus ornament. Dog-leg stair with stick balusters, moulded and ramped handrail, moulded newels and shaped tread ends. Two segmental-arched chamfered fireplaces of early C18 kitchen in room adjacent to present kitchen. Sitting Room, Library and Drawing Room have carved stone Adam fireplaces from Alnwick Castle. ,
• reference: 1041792
• start-date: 1988-09-01