Marshfield And Audley And Wall And Gatepiers

SETTLE KIRKGATE SD 8063-8163 (north side) 10/21 Marshfield and Audley 20.2.58 and wall and gatepiers II

Formerly 1 house, now nursery and two houses. c.1780. Rock-faced stone, slate roof. 2 storeys, 7 bays with end bays slightly recessed; 1:5:1 with each division punctuated by projecting quoins. Central entrance has engaged Ionic columns supporting an open pediment. Round-headed fanlight and c.1970 door. Projecting centre has 4 ground floor and 5 upper floor windows all with moulded architraves and sashes. Two of these windows together form what is effectively a 2-light window in each floor of the end bay, each light containing sashes. Extreme left-hand light on each storey is blind. The modillioned eaves breaks forward over the 5 central bays. Hipped roof with 3 equally spaced stacks. Right-hand return has a c.mid C19 canted extension with an additional porch containing the entrance to Audley. In the centre of the rear is a 2-storey 3-bay projection dated 1857 with initials EHD (Elizabeth Dawson). Interior to Marshfield contains a fine octagonal hall leading to a late C18 dog-leg staircase with open string, turned balusters and wreathed handrail. A massive staircase window at the rear (now partially blocked to form a door to the 1857 extension) has cruck pieces to the jambs, a round-head and pulvinated frieze with louvred leaf decoration. Consoles support a broken pediment. Several Adam style fireplaces in situ. Entrance to Marshfield has square gatepiers with base, capital and pyramidal top; low garden wall. Railings c.1980. Reputedly built for Thomas Salisbury of Newton in Bowland.

Listing NGR: SD8177263704