. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. BLACKBURN HUNDRED BLACKBURN. Starkik of Hunt- royde. Argent a betid sable betzueen six storks proper. Winder of Loveley, who in 1757 sold the estate to Piers Starkle of Huntroyde " ; it is now the property of Mr. Edmund Arthur Le Gendre Starkie. Loveley Hall is a two-story stone-built house with stone slated roofs, erected probably in the first half of the 17th century, but very much altered about a hundred years later and again in the latter half of the igth century. The original plan was H-shaped, but many of the exter
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. BLACKBURN HUNDRED BLACKBURN. Starkik of Hunt- royde. Argent a betid sable betzueen six storks proper. Winder of Loveley, who in 1757 sold the estate to Piers Starkle of Huntroyde " ; it is now the property of Mr. Edmund Arthur Le Gendre Starkie. Loveley Hall is a two-story stone-built house with stone slated roofs, erected probably in the first half of the 17th century, but very much altered about a hundred years later and again in the latter half of the igth century. The original plan was H-shaped, but many of the external features of the building were changed about the year 1735, when the front assumed more or less of its present aspect. The mullioned windows in the upper floor were then done away with, square sash windows inserted, and a plain straight parapet, the top forming a moulded cornice ornamented with classic vases, was added, the gables being similarly ornamented with vase terminations. Two well- designed spout heads with the date 1735 and the initials of John Winder and his wife between the windows in the recessed portion of the front give a good deal of 18th-century character to the elevation, which, however, retains its mullioned and transomed windows on the ground floor. In 1874 further changes took place, when a porch was built in front of the central square-headed doorway, a bay window going up both stories was added on the front of the east wing, and the building was extended further eastward by the addition of another gable to the front. At the same time the interior was almost wholly renovated, and now pre- serves little or nothing of its early appearance. A large one-story bay window was also added on the west side, and extensions were made at the back, two new gables being built out from the recessed portion in front of the end wings. The fireplace at the east end of the hall is 10 ft. wide, with a stone arch 6 ft. 6 in. high, on which is carved the date 1712. The firep
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