Coverham Abbey House is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. House.
Coverham Abbey House
- WRENN ID
- frozen-steeple-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE 18 NW COVERHAM WITH AGGLETHORPE COVERHAM ABBEY
10/13 Coverham Abbey House 13/2/67 (Formerly listed as Abbey House)
GV II
House. C16 and late C18 - early C19. Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, stone slate roof. 2-storeys, 5 bays. L-shaped plan. South front: late C18 - early C19 range: part-glazed 4-panel door below fanlight in Doric doorcase with open pediment, tall entablatures and bases. Sash windows with glazing bars in projecting ashlar surrounds, with tripartite window, surmounted by cyma recta drip mould, above door. Shaped kneelers, ashlar copings; ashlar end stacks, in poor condition at time of resurvey. Older range at rear to left: roughcast rubble, stone slate roof, 2 lower storeys, windows in west elevation incorporating C16 stonework. East return of main house: lengthy medieval Latin inscription referring to the completion of a rebuilding project in 1508, flanked by figures of Christ in Majesty on the left, and an abbot on the right, perhaps representing the seal of the abbey. Above are the letters "IHC" surmounted by a coronet, with an eagle to the left, and a capital letter "A" on the right, for John Askew, abbot 1488 - 1509. Interior: Adam-style fireplaces, friezes and cornices in the front range.
Listing NGR: SE1059086369
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