Blenkinsopp Hall

GREENHEAD A 69(T) NY 66 SE (North side, off) 15/65 Blenkinsopp Hall 24/11/67 GV II

Country house. c.1800 front range (possibly incorporating older core); rear additions and internal alterations of 1835 (possibly by John Dobson) and c.1877 (addition of parapets, porch and rebuilding of rear). Squared rubble front range with ashlar dressings; dressed and ashlar masonry on returns and rear; graduated green slate roofs and ashlar chimneys. Castellated style. Square plan. 2 storeys. 5-bay garden front has chamfered plinth, raised quoins at left and flush quoins at right. Elongated 18-pane sashes on ground floor and 12-pane sashes above in raised surrounds. 2 rainwaterheads dated 1877. Embattled parapet above string masking low-pitched, hipped roof with ridge stacks. Similar parapet, roof and chimney details on returns and rear. Irregular 5-bay right return. One-storey porch with pointed doorway behind open front on 2 square-plan columns; two 2-light mullioned windows on side wall and embattled parapet. Scattered 12-pane sashes and a 4-light mullioned stair window with 2 tiers of transoms. Porch balanced by similar addition at rear. Left return: canted 2-storey bay at rear and taller projecting tower on centre with 2- and 3-light mullioned windows under hoodmoulds; corbelled-out first- floor chimney with 3 octagonal-plan stacks towards front. 2- and 3-storey irregular rear with 3-storey projecting tower at centre and scattered, mainly 2- and 3-light mullioned windows under hoodmoulds. Late C19 interior fittings.

Listing NGR: NY6817264130