. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LAXCASHIRE h»ll stands about three-quarters of a mile to the east, and is a fine bricic mansion of three stories with gables and mullioned windows, having a front elevation facing south of about 86 ft. It is now used as a farm-house. The building belongs to the middle of the 17th century, and is constructed of small red bricks, var)ing in size from 2 in. to 2J in., with blue diaper patterns similar to other work of the same period in the district.' A spout head on the front of the house bears the date 1670 and th
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LAXCASHIRE h»ll stands about three-quarters of a mile to the east, and is a fine bricic mansion of three stories with gables and mullioned windows, having a front elevation facing south of about 86 ft. It is now used as a farm-house. The building belongs to the middle of the 17th century, and is constructed of small red bricks, var)ing in size from 2 in. to 2J in., with blue diaper patterns similar to other work of the same period in the district.' A spout head on the front of the house bears the date 1670 and the initials of Alexander iMawdesley, but whether this is the date of erection or merely of some later work is uncertain. The plan follows to some extent the usual arrangement of an earlier date, of the central hall with projecting end wings, and the principal elevation is one of much picturesqueness and not a little dignity, being well broken up by bay windows. The regularity of the design is some- what lost by the bay window of the hall being Scale Of B2Jr. ii_* Plan of Heskin placed out of the centre, and by the porch, which is in the angle of the east wing and the hall, being carried up two stories with a small gable over, though a certain bahnce is given to the elevation at this end by another small gable at the other side of the east wing. The brickwork has weathered a charming colour, but the roofs have been covered at a later period with green slates. There is a north- east wing about ;o ft. in length, containing the offices and kitchen, externally more severe m .ippearance than the front, with three regularly spaced and equal gables facing est on the top floor. From the north-west this wing, however, is very picturesque in appearance, and is a vcr\- excellent example of domestic brick architecture. The group- ing of the octagonal staircase, which is corbelled out to a gable at the top, with two well-designed stacks of chimneys, is very effective. There is a similar
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