Lowlands is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. House.
Lowlands
- WRENN ID
- winding-basalt-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1983
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lowlands is a house built in the early 19th century, with later alterations attributed to John Usher. The building is constructed of yellow brick, with the front elevation colour washed, and features a slate roof. It has five bays and two storeys, divided into two units of three and two bays, with single-storey outbuildings at the gable ends—one to the southwest and the other to the northeast.
The left-hand three-bay unit has rusticated quoins and a division from the right-hand unit, with coping on the gable end and a string course at the first-floor sill level. There are two projecting bays with French windows on the ground floor, and three two-light horizontal sash windows on the first floor, all featuring glazing bars. The central porch is Italianate, with rustication and a pediment, flanked by finials.
The right-hand two-bay unit has giant order Ionic pilasters at each end, a similar projecting bay on the ground floor flanked by fixed lights, and two horizontal sash windows on the first floor, also with glazing bars. A partially glazed door is located to the right. The house has various brick stacks with moulded cornices. The southwest outbuilding porch is a simplified version of the main porch. The rear elevation, facing Roxton Road, is otherwise plain but features a decorative dummy archway and round-headed rusticated red and yellow brick archways, one at the rear and one at a right angle to the front.
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