Little Preston Hall

SE 33 SE GREAT AND LITTLE PRESTON HALL LANE LS26 (east side)

2/17 Little Preston Hall

GV II

Large house, now flats. Probably early C18 (worn datestone at rear said to have been lettered 1736); altered in C19. Squared magnesian limestone brought to courses, slate roof, chimneys heightened in brick. Rectangular double-pile plan, three storeys and 7 bays, symmetrical; moulded string courses on 2 levels; in the centre an altered doorway beneath an original moulded cornice with raised medallion in the centre; windows sashed without glazing bars, in raised C19 surrounds, except in the outer bays at ground floor, where they have been replaced with C19 tripartite rectangular bay windows. Large external chimney stacks at both gable walls; moulded eaves cornice, stone gable copings with kneelers, and a ridge chimney off centre to the left. Rear has inter alia a short single-storey extension or porch with a moulded doorway over which is a worn coat of arms in a rectangular panel.

Interior: altered, but contains doglegged staircase with closed string, turned balusters, square newels, and broad handrail ramped at the half landings.

Listing NGR: SE3884830128