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Joseph Pickford’s Ashbourne Villas

October 10, 2019

by Hertes of England

Joseph Pickford’s Ashbourne Villas

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A house of many histories and identities. This bui A house of many histories and identities. This building was once Ellastone Hall, a grand Georgian structure built between the late 17th Century and early 18th Century and located on the Staffordshire/Derbyshire border. It later became the Bromley Arms Inn, a well frequented coach house servicing the needs of those travelling between Ashbourne and Uttoxeter. It is now known as Ellastone Old House, a privately owned dwelling in need of substantial care and attention. It currently possesses a Grade II* designation but unfortunately bears all the symptoms of a structure ready to be promoted to heritage at risk status! #heritage #staffordshire #heritageatrisk
Nestled on the Derbyshire Staffordshire border, ne Nestled on the Derbyshire Staffordshire border, near the River Dove, is the tiny village of Somersal Herbert. This village is the location of what is perhaps the finest example of a Tudor half-timbered structure anywhere in Derbyshire. Somersal Herbert Hall was originally built in 1564, on the site of a former Manor House, by the Fitzherbert family. Its high-status is confirmed by the decorative detailing and the numerous and extremely straight timbers that make up a large part of the structural frame. The brick encasement at the rear of the structure was thought to have been added at the beginning of the 18th Century. It is currently used as a private dwelling and possesses a Grade I designation. #heritage #tudor #timberframe #derbyshire
A patchwork of timber repairs needed to keep one o A patchwork of timber repairs needed to keep one of the country’s finest Tudor buildings upright! Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire.
With the development of the railways in the mid 19 With the development of the railways in the mid 19th Century, a unique infrastructure of buildings emerged to support their operation. Many of these buildings served a mixture of both domestic and commercial purposes, but were often built in the dominant styles of the period. This former Gate House, situated near the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border, was a railway crossing keeper’s house and bears all the hallmarks of the developing Arts & Crafts style that would come to dominant English domestic architecture for the next 100 years. Built from ashlar stone with a jettied timber upper storey, it proudly makes use of gothic and ornamental detailing around the south facing gable, porch and fenestration elements. It is currently designated as Grade II. #industrialheritage #architecture #artsandcrafts #staffordshire
While out in Nottinghamshire earlier this week, we While out in Nottinghamshire earlier this week, we made a pilgrimage to this sublime structure! It is a 14th Century dovecote located in the medieval village of Sibthorpe on the outskirts of Newark-on-Trent. Originally part of a medieval college settlement, it now stands as the centre piece to a much larger Scheduled Ancient Monument. Built around the mid 1300s, it is constructed of rubble stone with a conical, clay tiled roof and is the oldest and largest dovecote in the county. It was restored during the latter half of the 20th Century and has a Grade I designation. #heritage #nottinghamshire #medieval #sheduledancientmonument
This is thought to be the first of three houses th This is thought to be the first of three houses that Joseph Pickford designed and built in the Derbyshire town of Ashbourne in the latter half of the 18th Century. Known locally as 'The Grey House’, it is situated next door to the former Elizabethan Grammar School (1585) at the west-end of Church Street. Despite the obvious use of one of Pickford’s signature motifs (central composition of Venetian and Diocletian windows above a pedimented porch), it is unusual in that it exploits two symmetrical full-height canted bays, flanking either side of the main entrance, with balustrade detailing to the parapet wall (thought to be unique in his portfolio). It is currently designated as Grade II*. #heritage #derbyshire #josephpickford
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