Meersbrook Park And Adjoining Service Buildings City Council Recreation Department

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SK38SW BROOK ROAD 784-1/9/105 (South East side) 01/05/52 Meersbrook Park and adjoining service buildings, City Council Recreation Dept. (Formerly Listed as: BROOK ROAD Meersbrook Park)

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Formerly known as: Ruskin Museum, Meersbrook Park BROOK ROAD. House and adjoining service buildings, formerly museum, now offices. Late C18, with mid C19 and late C20 additions and alterations. Brick with ashlar dressings with gabled and hipped slate, concrete tile and artificial stone slate roofs with various stacks. EXTERIOR: north front, 2 storeys; 3 window range. Modillion eaves, 2 ridge stacks. Central 2 storey canted bay window with hipped roof and three 12-pane sashes on each floor. Beyond, on either side, a single 12 pane sash on each floor. All these windows have brick flat arches. To its left, single storey service wing with a 3-light window. To left again, 2 storey service range, 5 windows. C19 west front has string course. To left a pedimented gable with a 2-light stone mullioned window on each floor. To its right, a square bay window with a 3-light mullioned window on each floor. Ground floor has a central plain sash. Right return has a plain sash and below, a 3 bay round-arched open arcade with keystones. C18 garden front, to south, has a recessed centre with a Venetian stair window set in a round-headed recess between pedimented wings. Each wing has a 12 pane sash on each floor, the right one having also an inserted smaller sash to the ground floor. Between the wings, a C20 flat-roofed single storey infill with a glazing bar window. To right, a 2 storey block, early C19, with coped gables and 2 gable stacks. Two 16 pane sashes with splayed lintels, and below, a triple sash with renewed lintel. To its left, a small C20 window. To right again, C19 block, coursed squared stone with hipped slate roof and single side wall and 2 ridge stacks. 2 storeys; 4 window range of 12 pane sashes. Below, to left, 2 cross casements and to right, 2 windows converted to doors. To right again, a lower C19 service range, coursed squared stone, with C20 extension to right. 2 storeys; 5 window range. INTERIOR: cantilever open well wooden stair with cut string and vase and stem balusters, with ramped scrolled handrail. Hallway and stair well with moulded arches and cornices.

Listing NGR: SK3491984258