Wheatbrig'S House

SE 27 SE LINDRICK WITH STUDLEY STUDLEY PARK ROYAL AND FOUNTAINS

5/47 Wheatbrig's House

6.3.67 - II

House with conservatory and outbuilding. Mid C18, altered C19. Probably for John or William Aislabie as part of the garden layout to Studley Royal house. Red brick, Flemish and random bond, English bond to first-floor flanking bays; ashlar details; Westmorland slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays, the central pedimented bay projecting slightly. Ashlar plinth and sill bands. Central C20 door in stone architrave, flanked by narrow 10-pane sashes in round-arched architraves. Left: wooden canted bay, window with glazing bars. Right: sash with glazing bars in stone architrave. First floor: three 4-pane sashes in stone architraves. Oculus with glazing bars and architrave in pediment. Ashlar parapet with pineapple finials to corners. Hipped roof, stacks flanking central bay. Left: wall with lean-to conservatory. Right: 2-bay single-storey outbuilding with C20 door and 16- pane sash. The house was used as the estate stewards house in the C19 but was probably built as a gardener's house. It is clearly visible from one of the focal points of the park, on high ground to north of the Lake. The tithe map (1838) shows this building among the large enclosed gardens and greenhouses which served Studley Royal House. The conservatory attached to this house and the high garden wall to the east (qv) are the remnants of those gardens. The style of the central door and flanking windows is similar to that at Duck House, Studley Roger (qv) where the architraves are in the form of a pointed arch.

Listing NGR: SE2837070339