4, Parson'S Lane

HOWDEN PARSON'S LANE SE 7428 (west side)

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GV II House. Mid C18, refronted in C19, with possibly late C17 - early C18 rear wing. Red brick in English bond, refronted in yellow brick in Flemish bond, pantile roof. Central hallway-entry with cross wing to rear. 2 storeys, 3 bays. 6-fielded-panel door beneath margin glazed overlight in doorcase with panelled reveals, cable mouldings set in sunken panels, star motifs to corners and cornice. 16-pane sashes with stone sills beneath painted flat brick arches throughout. First-floor band. Stepped eaves. Gable coping, shaped kneeler, end stacks. Interior: bathroom in cross wing has unusually massive hand-cut chamfered ceiling joists and the roof to this range is of simple A trusses, hand-cut with cambered collars. These 2 features suggest an earlier date for this wing. Main range: open-string staircase with 2 squat column-on-vase balusters per tread. Hall has keyed archway and is panelled to dado level. The roof is an unusual variation of a queen-post roof with very tall posts supporting a collar 6 feet from floor level. This arrangement together with timber-framed partitions suggests an original function as living accommodation. Neave D, Howden Explored, 1979.

Listing NGR: SE7472928215