Settrington House

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SETTRINGTON CHURCH LANE (east side, off) Settrington House

GV II

Country house. c1790-95; some alteration to entrance front in C19 and 1939; garden front rebuilt above ground floor after fire in 1963. Original house built for Sir Mark and Lady Henrietta Masterman Sykes. Rebuilding by Francis Johnson. Finely tooled sandstone on dressed sandstone plinth and with ashlar dressings to garden front. Dressed sandstone with sandstone ashlar dressings to entrance front and sides. Garden front: 2-storey and attic, 3-bay pedimented centre block which breaks forward slightly; flanked by single-storey, 2-bay wings, with recessed link bays, and gabled pavilions. The central block approached by a shallow flight of stone steps, contains the original round-arched door-case in a rusticated surround with imposts enriched with paterae. The double glass doors beneath a patterned fanlight within a containing arch and glazed screen are reconstructions. To left and right are original 15-pane sashes, with 2 similar windows to each flanking wing. 12-pane sashes with sill band to first floor of centre block and radial glazed oculus to pediment. Continuous band interrupted by ground-floor windows to centre block and flanking wings. Raised first-floor band and dentilled pediment to centre block. Dentilled eaves cornice to flanking wings. Original panelled doors with patterned glazing beneath panelled parapets to link bays. The pavilions contain rebuilt Venetian windows, flanked by rounded niches, with a continuous sill band. The gables are pedimented. Entrance front: basement, 2-storey and attic centre block of 5 bays and flanking wings of 2 bays; basement and single-storey link bays and gabled pavilions set back. Central panelled door in eared architrave, approached by double staircase, and 12- and 8-pane sashes to left and right date from 1939. C19 Venetian oriel window with Gothick-glazed sash over door flanked by 12-pane sashes in plain raised surrounds. Tripartite lunette to pediment. Raised first-floor band and dentilled pediment. 2 original 12-pane sashes in plain raised surrounds to flanking wings, and dentilled eaves cornice. Oval-panelled doors beneath tripartite keyed lintels to link bays. The pavilions contain original 12-pane sashes in plain raised surrounds. Pavilion to right has coped gable and moulded kneelers. Stacks pierce the pitched roof of the centre block; central ridge stacks to pitched roofs of pavilions. Interior: the interior of the house was destroyed by the fire in 1963 and was rebuilt by Francis Johnson. John Cornforth "In the Yorkshire Tradition: the Country Houses of Francis Johnson", Country Life, nos 4547, 4548, 4549; October 1984.

Listing NGR: SE8398870204