Brierley Hall

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BRIERLEY CHURCH STREET (north-east side)

Brierley Hall

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House, now local council offices. Mid C19 with later additions. For Rev. John Hoyland (Watson and Harrison, p33). Tooled-ashlar sandstone, stone slate roof. Twin-roofed,double-pile main range with lower matching extension brought forward to left,and C20 brick addition set back to right (not of special interest). Low 2-storey wing to centre rear of main range. Rear left corner infilled by C20 addition (not of special interest). Main range: 3 storeys, 5 bays. Sashes with glazing bars to ground and 1st floors, all with square-faced surrounds and projecting sills, ground-floor sill band. Added flat- roofed porch to bays 1 and 2 in the form of half octagon. Porch has C20 double-doors and overlight in square-faced ashlar surround flanked by sashes, cornice. Bay 3 presumably the original door position. Central first-floor window emphasised by architrave, frieze and cornice. Shorter second-floor windows with 6-pane sashes. Modillioned cornice now obscured by wood guttering. Truncated brick stacks to eaves of each return. Hipped roof. Wing to left: 2 storeys, 3 bays in matching style. Hipped roof with tall stack set to rear. Linked to main range by short bay with round-headed stair window with glazing bars.

Listing NGR: SE 40986 11150