Howlet Hall

ESKDALESIDE-CUM-UGGLEBARNBY UGGLEBARNBY NZ 80 NE 4/75 Howlet Hall 6.10.69 GV II Farmhouse. c.1750; wing altered later. Herringbone-tooled sandstone on chamfered plinth, with pantile roof and brick stacks. Central-stairhall, double depth plan, with service wing. Entrance front: 2 storeys, 5 windows, with 1½-storey, 1-window wing at right. Left-of-centre panelled door beneath radial fanlight in round-arched Gibbs surround. Original 12- pane sash windows, in architraves with stone sills, survive throughout. Cavetto-moulded eaves cornice, returned at each end. Coped gables and moulded kneelers. End stacks to front range of double span roof. Wing has board door, and 6-pane sashes with plain sills to both floors. Vertically tooled lintels to all openings. Coped gable, shaped kneeler and stack at right end. Garden front: 2 storeys, 4 windows, with wing at left. Left-of-centre panelled door, beneath small pane over light, in architrave. C20 replacement windows to left of door and 12-pane sash to right; 16-pane sash at left end and 2-light, 16-pane horizontal sliding sash at right end. First floor windows are 12-pane sashes. All windows have plain raised surrounds with stone sills. Cavetto-moulded eaves cornice. Coped gables and shaped kneelers. Right-of-centre stack. Wing has 4-panel door beneath catslide roof. Gable walls: openings have plain raised surrounds. In left return, original 8-pane sashes survive on ground and first floors; 4-pane attic sashes in both returns. Interior: open-string, open-well staircase with columnm-on-vase balusters and moulded, swept handrail. Ground floor: left front room has segment- arched stone chimneypiece with keyblock. Kitchen in wing has segment- arched chimneypiece with moulded shelf; plank cupboard door on butterfly hinges. Most doors throughout are 6-panel, on butterfly hinges.

Listing NGR: NZ8851607101