Low Buston Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1969. A Georgian House. 1 related planning application.
Low Buston Hall
- WRENN ID
- half-wicket-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 December 1969
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
House. The south wing dates back to the late 17th century, with a major reconstruction in the late 18th century for Charles Francis Forster. A further addition to the east front was dated 1907 on the rainwater heads. The north and east elevations are of squared stone with cut dressings; other parts are rendered and partly cream-washed. The roof is Welsh slate with some stacks rebuilt in brick. The building has a seven-bay L-plan, with extensions wrapping around the north end.
The north (entrance) front is in two parts. The main left part is in two sections: the slightly-projecting two-storey left bay has a first-floor band, an early 20th-century casement window on the ground floor in an older opening, and a blocked window above, with slightly-projecting sills and a hipped roof. The three-storey, two-bay right part has a Tuscan porch at the left end, now with an early 20th-century five-panel door and coloured glazing, and similar glazing to a window above. To the right of the porch is a stair window with a four-centred arch, holding a 12-pane sash with an intersecting head, and a six-pane casement with a timber lintel above. The right bay has early 20th-century glazing to the lower floors, and a similar 2nd-floor casement. There is a coped gable to the right; rendered ridge and right end stacks. A plain eaves band runs along both parts. To the far right is a lower two-storey, two-bay wing; the ground floor has a renewed 12-pane sash and a 16-pane Yorkshire sash, under a three-pane fixed light, with 12-pane sashes above. The roof is hipped to the right, and a left end stack has been rebuilt.
The east elevation displays the 1907 seven-bay, twin-hipped projecting front with a round-arched recessed doorway in the centre. To the left is the south wing with a renewed first-floor window in an old chamfered surround; this has a steeply-pitched roof, raised gable coping on moulded kneelers, and rebuilt end stacks. The left return of the wing shows a blocked chamfered window on the first floor.
Inside, the entrance hall features a dog-leg Chinese-Chippendale staircase with a moulded ramped handrail, pierced newels, and a similar stair-head balustrade. The doors have beaded mouldings. Rococo friezes and ceiling decoration are found in most ground-floor rooms, believed to be mostly reproduction. A late 17th-century fireplace from Buston Barns is located in the south wing.
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