Lovely Hall

SALESBURY LOVELY HALL LANE SD 63 SE 5/48 Lovely Hall 27-8-1952 GV II House, c.1600, altered 1735 and 1874. Sandstone rubble with stone slate roof. Original house has projecting cross wings at each side of recessed central range. 2 storeys. Facade has band below parapet with urns, continued as gable copings to cross-wings, added in 1735. Left-hand cross- wing has 10-light mullioned and transomed window, hollow-chamfered with outer chamfer and hood. On the 1st floor are 2 sashed windows with no glazing bars. Central range of 3 bays has 8-light windows on the ground floor similar to that of the cross-wing. On the 1st floor are sashed windows with no glazing bars. In the central bay is a single-storey porch with a parapet stepped up over a shaped door lintel, above which is a plaque inscribed: 'LGNS 1874'. To each side of the porch is a lead downspout with hopper head inscribed: 'IWT 1735'. The right-hand cross-wing has a 2-storey mullioned and transomed canted bay window of 1874. To its right is a gabled addition of 1874 in a similar style, with a 10-light mullioned and transomed window on each floor. Chimneys on ridge of left-hand cross-wing, to right of porch, and to right of right-hand cross-wing. Inside, the door opens against a fireplace dated 1874, but retaining part of a stone arch dated 1712 or 1713. No other exposed features of architectural interest were visible at time of survey.

Listing NGR: SD6785033542