16, The Avenue

Former estate manager's house, now a private residence, dating from the mid-to-late 18th century and originally designed by John Carr for Edwin Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood. The building underwent alterations and an extension in the early 19th century. It is constructed of ashlar stone to the front facade, with hammer-dressed stone to the sides and rear, and has a Westmorland green-slate roof.

The house is of double-depth plan and features a symmetrical facade of seven bays. The central three bays rise to three stories and project slightly beneath a pedimented gable. A plinth runs along the base. The doorway is framed by an architrave, frieze, and casement-moulded cornice, flanked by windows with matching cornices. The window on the right side has a lowered sill. Above the doorway, a central window was opened up and fitted with a cast-iron balcony. The windows are predominantly 12-pane sashes, with smaller 9-pane sashes to the first floor, except for the ground-floor bays 5, 6, and 7 which have lowered sills and 19th-century two-pane sashes. An attic storey is marked by a band and quoins. Six-pane sashes are set in square surrounds, with a moulded, coped, pedimented gable above. A central ridge stack is present, along with lateral stacks to either side of the central three bays. The outer bays have hipped roofs, with an end stack to the right and two further 19th-century stacks to the rear range.

The interior has been largely remodelled in the 19th century, although original architrave surrounds to 6-panel doors and windows, complete with shutters, remain. The first floor and attic contain 18th-century fireplaces with decorative cast-iron grates.

The building originally formed part of Carr’s planned model village and retains a significant historical context.