Brumby House

SCUNTHORPE BRUMBY HOUSE DRIVE SE 80 NE (east side) 3/1 Brumby House - 7/11/66

GV II

House. Plaque on rear wing initialled and dated T I 1705, refronted in early C19 with later rear extension; renovated, including replacement of windows and doors, in 1979. Brick, with extension in coursed ironstone rubble; rendered. Pantile roof with stone coping and brick stacks. L-plan, with central entrances in both wings. 2 storeys. Main front (to south). 5 bays, symmetrical. Plinth. Panelled door under rectangular 4-pane overlight. 16-pane sashes, the central first floor window recessed. Flat cornice band, stone coped gables, end stack on right. Left-return, of 3 bays with extension to left, has a panelled door and rectangular 4-pane overlight beneath a moulded brick date plaque with raised border and winged cherub's head. 16-pane sashes, with an attic casement to the right. Massive axial stack. Interior features probably dating from 1705 include the closed string staircase in the front wing with vase balusters, a wide segmental-arched chamfered brick fireplace at ground floor left, and ovolo-moulded ceiling beams with tongue stops in the 3 main ground floor rooms. M E Armstrong (ed), An Industrial Island - A History of Scunthorpe, 1982, pp 10-12.

Listing NGR: SE8959009638