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SK 98 SW AISTHORPE 1/1 Aisthorpe Hall G.V. II Small country house. Late C17 with alterations and additions of 1821, late C19 similar. Ashlar and coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, hipped slate roof with lead dressings, the rear range also of slate but with stone coped gables, 2 yellow brick wall stacks. 2 storey with attics and cellars, 3 bay front of 1821 in ashlar with a late C19 added bay to left. Central rendered C19 gabled porch covers a panelled door with traceried fanlight and stone surround. To left a plain sash, to right a later C19 tripartite window. Above are 2 plain sashes and a later C19 tripartite window. The tripartite windows are enlargements of the 1821 openings. The later C19 bay is in coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and has single tripartite windows to each floor. At the rear is the date of 1821 to apex of a raised qable above a range of the late Cl7. Interior retains elliptical arches with moulded wooden architraves and archivolts as well as some panelling, all of 1821. A grand cantilevered stair with imitation splat balusters and the drawing room, having a white marble fireplace, plastered panelled walls and moulded ceiling, are of the later C19. The rear range has stop chamfer beams of late C17 type and the extensive cellars beneath the front range fossilize the plan of the earlier house. Listing NGR: SK9456680501

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