Yew Tree House And Adjoining Wall

SO 97 NW BELBROUGHTON CP HOLY CROSS LANE (east side)

6/43 Yew Tree House and adjoining wall

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House and adjoining wall. Early C19, altered and extended c1930. Stuccoed brick, shallow-pitched slate roofs with overhanging eaves on brackets. Large ridge stacks with blue brick caps. Two storeys with first floor sill band. Three bays; to right of groudd floor is a tripartite sash window with pilasters, a moulded cornice and a cambered head; the left ground floor window has been blocked; there is also a large rectangular window and a narrow light flanking the right window which were inserted c1930. The first floor has 12-pane sashes in the outer bays, (the left of which is blind and painted in) and a pair of 8-pane sashes in the central bay. The central entrance has an open segmental pediment on consoles, fluted pilasters and an eared moulded architrave; the door is C20 and glazed; above the door, and partly enclosed by the pediment, is a glazed circular opening with plaster swag above it. A two-bay service wing projects to the right, recessed from the main front, and has a single-storey hipped-roofed wing adjoining its front elevation; this is screened behind a curved stuccoed wall about 10 feet high and 20 yards long which adjoins the right corner of the main elevation. Interior: central hall has large open well staircase with slender turned balusters. Main ground floor rooms are panelled and retain. their moulded fireplaces. There is a mid- to late C19 ballroom wing to rear right. The rear elevation was otherwise altered and extended c1930.

Listing NGR: SO9217877490