Ewood Gate House

SE 02SW HEBDEN ROYD C.P. BURNLEY ROAD, (north side)

2/69 Ewood Gate House 28.10.75 G.V. II

House, former gate house to Ewood Hall (demolished) and contemporary with the barns and coach house to Ewood, Midgley Road (q.q.v.), c.1865. Ashlar, slate roof. 3-bay symmetrical facade; square on plan. Rusticated quoins, eaves band, moulded gutter brackets supporting moulded cornice. Central bay breaks forward over doorcase; engaged Corinthian columns support segmental arch, moulding over spandrels; inner door has segmental arched fanlight with keystone and impost block; rusticated quoins to 1st floor which has shouldered arched window with architrave with heraldic shield under sill; cornice returned and broken with raised pediment on blocking course with oculus above. To either side sashed windows to each floor with lugged architrave. Left hand return wall has central 2-light similar sashed window to each floor with to either side well dressed stacks. Rear has 2 tall segmental headed windows separated by trefoil. Right hand return wall fronts former coach road; 2 bays of similar sashed windows with portico between with stilted arched doorway with expressed keystone; 2 stacks to outer bays. Pyramidal roof.

Listing NGR: SE0207526089