Axwell Park Dower House

NZ 16 SE BLAYDON SHIBDON ROAD (south side) 4/25

17.9.84 Axwell Park Dower House

G.V. II*

House. Circa 1770-80. Possibly by John Bell of Durham; for Sir Thomas Clavering. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings; steeply pitched roof of Lakeland slate. Gothick style. Main house 2 storeys, 3 bays; 2 storey one-bay set-back at left, one-storey one-bay set-back at right. Main block: plinth; central half-glazed door under 2-centred-arched fanlight, in raised stone surround with impost blocks, flanked by one-storey canted bays of 3 windows under moulded coped parapets; Venetian windows and central sash on first floor; all windows pointed with lattice glazing bars and raised stone surrounds. Eaves cornice and open crenellated parapet to hipped roof with 3-light casement dormer; 2 ridge and one rear square panelled, corniced ashlar chimneys. Set-back at left has pointed arched window central on ground floor, 3-light casement above; door similar to main door at right; set-back at right has similar door at left and window at right; crenellated parapets. Interior shows dog-leg stair with ramped grip handrail, turned balusters and decorated tread ends. Round-headed stair window has broad glazing bars. Original 6-panelled doors and architraves throughout.

Listing NGR: NZ1962162444