Lea Newbold Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1984. A C17 Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Lea Newbold Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- scattered-rubble-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ 45 NW LEA NEWBOLD C.P. PLATTS LANE (South Side)
4/87 Lea Newbold Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse: c.1880 by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster with some early C20 additions. English garden wall bond orange brick, red tile roof and 3 brick chimneys. Mid C17 style. Irregular plan of varied masses. 3-storey, 3-bay west front. Chamfered plinth and sawtooth bonds at 1st and 2nd floor. Left end bay projects under ornately shaped and finialled gable. Corbelled arcade over semi-circular headed light in ground storey, pairs of 2-light casements in glazing bars above and 4-light in gable. Central bay has added timber framed porch and similar windows above under a shaped gable. Single light in right end bay. South front has another ornate gable this time with strip pilasters. North-front has low staircase tower with pyramidal roof. Interior: Very plain and has lost detail. The playing with masses in a Dutch Jacobean style is similar to Douglas's design for Aldford Hall, Chester Road, Aldford. (q.v.)
Listing NGR: SJ4415759565
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