Ellel Grange

SD 45 SE ELLEL

12/80 Ellel Grange 7-6-1979

GV II

Country house, now hydro, 1857-9, probably by John Weightman, for William Preston. Sandstone ashlar with slate roofs. Italian villa style. 2 storeys. Ground floor has channelled rustication; and a cornice over. 1st floor has rusticated quoins and a bracketed cornice with balustrade. Windows sashed with no glazing bars, and architraves, those on the 1st floor with segmental heads. North-west, entrance, front has 3-storey tower. To its left are 2 bays, the ground floor having a tripartite window flanked by smaller windows. To the right and set back are 3 bays. Tower has rusticated corner pilaster strips and a bracketed cornice. On the 2nd floor there is a 3-light window on each side. Its 1st floor window has a cornice on brackets. The doorway has a segmental head and is flanked by paired rusticated Tuscan columns. Above the entablature is a coat of arms. The south-west facade is of 4 bays, the outer bays projecting and with a bay window in the right-hand bay. The south-east facade is of 7 bays, the central bay flanked by paired antae on the ground floor, and with a single-storey canted bay window in the 2nd bay. Protecting forwards to the right is a tall slim tower withy a battered rusticated basement storey, rusticated corner pilaster strips, and paired round-headed windows on each side under a cornice. Interior not fully accessible at time of survey, but large entrance hall contains columns and antae of red granite, plasterwork, and an Imperial stair with cast iron balustrade.

Listing NGR: SD4808653764