Highmount House And Attached Railings

LANCASTER

SD4761SE HIGH STREET 1685-1/8/132 (West side) 22/12/53 Highmount House and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: HIGH STREET High Street House)

GV II

House and attached railings, now 13 flats. 1774, altered C19 and C20. Built for Thomas Saul. Sandstone ashlar in narrow courses with ashlar dressings, plus coursed rubble sides and rear. Slate roof. Main house L-plan formed by double-depth front block with rear wing to the left. Lower wing set back to left of main house. 2 storeys over a basement, symmetrical and of 5 bays, with rusticated quoins, deep plinth, moulded cornice and blocking course. The raised central entrance is approached by a flight of 5 steps with nosings, protected by cast-iron railings with urn finials to the standards, and the doorway has a plain surround under an open pediment on prominent consoles with guttae. On each side of the entrance cast-iron railings mounted on an ashlar plinth protect the basement area. The basement, which has 4 windows, is of ashlar masonry in very large blocks, finished with a band which is now broken by the ground-floor windows. The windows of the principal floors have raised plain surrounds and 12-pane sashes. The roof has inserted flat-roofed dormers (concealed by the blocking course), coped gables and gable chimney stacks. Attached at the left end, and set back, is a 2-bay extension with central doorway and 12-pane sashed windows. Rear: basement exposed, making 3 storeys; round-headed stair window with impost blocks and keystone. INTERIOR: open-well staircase with open string, scrolled brackets, 3 turned balusters per tread, and ramped handrail.

Listing NGR: SD4751061482