Kersal Mount And Adjoining Service Wing

SHEFFIELD

SK38NW MANCHESTER ROAD 784-1/5/492 (South side) No.115 Kersal Mount and adjoining service wing

GV II

House and service wing, now old people's home. c1870, with late C20 additions. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and hipped slate roofs with decorative ridge tiles and finials. 2 external side wall stacks and 2 ridge stacks, all coped. EXTERIOR: plinth, flush ashlar bands, modillion eaves. 2 storeys; 3 window range. Square plan. Entrance front has a central half-round ashlar oriel window topped with a swept conical spire and finial. 3 plain sashes. Projecting shouldered doorcase linked to the ornamented bracket of the oriel, with enriched impost band and shafts. Round-arched opening with half-glazed double door and plain fanlight. To right, a plain sash, and below, a tall 3-light stone mullioned window, both with projecting surrounds. Garden front has a central canted 2-storey bay window with hipped roof and 3 plain sashes on each floor. On either side, a single plain sash and below, a double plain sash with a stone mullion, all with stone surrounds. INTERIOR has entrance hall with elliptical arched entrance with double pilasters and inner door with stained glass overlight and sidelights. Panelled ceiling with foliage frieze and festoons. Elliptical arch to panelled stairwell, with foliage frieze and cornice. Dogleg wooden staircase with turned balusters.

Listing NGR: SK3264386738