Oakley

The following building shall be added: SJ78 NE BOWDON GREEN WALK

458-/7/10011 Oakley

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House,unoccupied at the time of inspection. Circa 1870,and built for Henry Theodore Gaddum, J.P. (d. 1904) Squared rubble sandstone,laid in thin courses,with ashlar sandstone dressings,coped gables with moulded kneelers, and tall,slender stone stacks with moulded oversailing caps. Welsh slated roof with alternating bands of pointed and squared slates.Restrained Victorian Gothic style. Asymmetrical linear plan,of 2 storeys with attics, arranged around the main central staircase, and of 6 x 2 bays. FRONTAGE TO STREET, with advanced bay to right,in the form of a gabled entrance porch with shouldered outer arched doorway, ribbed vaulted roof and moulded surround to inner doorway. Canted first floor oriel with crenellated parapet above, flanked by slender pinnacles. Single attic window above,set within steeply-pitched gable with finial. 3-bay range to left with tall sash windows to ground floor,and single and coupled sashes above ,below cambered heads. Sill bands and a moulded storey band. 2 gabled dormers with coupled sashes. 2-bay end to service crosswing set further back to left. End bay to right with ground floor bay and shaped gablet above first floor sashes. Contemporary canted timber conservatory to right hand end. GARDEN ELEVATION; Canted 2-storey corner bay to left, a principal pier extended upwards to support a gabled pinnacle which incorporates a gargoyle. Further right,a canted bay with balcony and pierced parapet above. 2-light first floor window above with quatrefoil heads below a blind pointed arch,within which are the initials 'H.G.' INTERIOR ; largely unaltered, with high quality original joinery, including 6 panelled doors within moulded architraves, some with engaged colonnettes, deep,moulded skirtings,sash windows and french doors. There is much moulded plasterwork, including pierced cornice ornamentation. The principal stair has turned newels with both vase and pendant finials, turned balusters on a pierced plinth, and a moulded handrail. The stairwell has a boarded, ribbed and part glazed waggon roof. The house was part of a planned development of substantial houses,the proposals for which were subject to stringent conditions imposed by the landowner,The Earl of Stamford. A substantial, well-detailed and near complete- example of mid-Victorian Gothic domestic architecture within its original setting.

Listing NGR: SJ7557087056