Lincoln Hill House and East House

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NY 97 SW 2/271

HUMSHAUGH LINCOLN HILL Lincoln Hill House and East House

(Formerly listed as Lincoln Hill House)

GV II

House, dated 1799 on lintel, incorporating earlier C18 work in east wing; west wing rebuilt late C19. 1799 house rubble with ashlar front, east wing coursed rubble, west wing snecked tooled stone; cut dressings. Welsh slate roofs. Linear plan: house with flanking wings and outer right extension.

South elevation: 1799 house two storeys, three wide bays. Plinth, bold moulded eaves cornice. Central part-glazed six-panel door with four-pane overlight, lintel with raised triple keystone and worn date in oval panel; 16-pane sash above. Flanking broad canted full-height bays with 12-pane sashes. Coped gables with end stacks. Left wing two storeys, two bays; four-pane sashes in ashlar alternating-block surrounds, and similar stair window to far right. Moulded corbels to eaves, coped gable with end stack. Right wing, in two sections, both with raised quoins: Left part two storeys, two bays. 12-pane sashes in raised stone surrounds; similar smaller window inserted at ground floor centre. Coped gable with end stack. Right part without openings; coped gable with moulded kneelers. All stacks rendered, on old stone bases, except for stepped-and-corniced ashlar stack to far right. Gabled right return, fronting road, shows tripartite small-paned sash and 12-pane sash over, both in raised stone surrounds. Rear elevation of 1799 part shows round-arched 15-pane sash stair window, with radial glazing, in raised stone surround.

Interior: Open-well stair with cut string,stick balusters, ramped and moulded handrail, urn-on-vase newels and shaped tread ends.

Listing NGR: NY9070571145