Eden House, With Walls, Railings And Gates

NZ 22 NE WINDLESTONE A 689 (South side, off)

9/85 Eden House, with walls, railings and gates GV II

House. Probably early C19 for Sir Robert Johnson Eden of Windlestone Hall (q.v.). Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar plinth, chamfered quoins, and dressings; returns and rear coursed rubble. Roof graduated Lakeland slate with stone gable copings, roll-moulded grey ridge and rendered brick chimneys: corniced square yellow pots at left, tapered square red pots at right. Welsh slate on rear extension. Ashlar walls and cast iron railings and gates. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Central 6-panel door and fret-patterned overlight in tooled plain stone surround. Similar surrounds to 12-pane sashes with fine glazing bars above and in outer bays. High plinth to sill level. Roof gable copings rest on moulded kneelers; banded end chimneys. Rear full-width pent one-storey extension.

Segmental-topped dwarf walls break forward from left end of house and bound left side of garden. Railings on walls have palmette heads; bulbous finials on principals; large urn finials on 2 round-station gate piers supporting spike-headed gates, with dogbars and central patterned band.

Listing NGR: NZ2634828927