Howick Hall West Wing

NU 2417 LONGHOUGHTON HOWICK HALL

16/117 Howick Hall west wing

GV II*

Kitchen wing and service buildings. 1782 by William Newton for Sir Henry Grey, altered and converted to house in later C20. Main block ashlar, other parts ashlar and squared stone; roof slopes to courtyard largely graduated Lakeland slate, other slopes Welsh slate. Plan: Rectangular main block with ranges around courtyard on north.

South front of main block 2 storeys, 1 + 3 + 1 bays. Plinth, ground floor impost string, 1st floor band. Blind arcade to ground floor. Slightly- projecting centre has 12-pane sashes on ground floor, the central converted to French window; similar windows above. Modillion cornice and pediment. Left end blocked ground-floor window with 12-pane sash above; right end ground floor behind attached wing; sash above. Some sashes renewed. Hipped roof; centre belfry has round arch with imposts and plain flanking pilasters above moulded roundels with hoodmould continued as string. Pyramidal slated roof with weathervane. Left return 1 + 3 + 1 bays with slightly-projecting pedimented centre. Sill bands. Ground floor 15-pane sashes lengthened to cut sill band; 12-pane sashes above. Late C19 or C20 single-storey wing to left has paired 15-pane sashes in end, two single sashes on inner return and hipped roof. Right return similar to left except that all windows are renewed 12-pane sashes.

Elevations to courtyard: 7-bay main block remodelled late C20 with central arched doorway and small-paned sashes. West range 2 storeys 3 + 4 + 3 bays; taller central part, set forward, has central arch with flush-panelled double doors and radial fanlight; renewed 12-pane sashes with 6-pane sashes in flat- topped half-dormers above; end stacks. Flanking parts have doorway in end bays and 6-pane sashes. Single-storey 2-bay centre part of north range has rusticated quoins and central arch with vertical-panelled double doors under radial fanlight; flanking altered windows. Coped gables with stepped-and- banded end stacks. On east side a pedimented central gateway with rusticated quoins and elliptical arch, between pent outbuildings (that on right remodelled C20) backing onto tall wall.

Listing NGR: NU2474417527