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Old and New London
… a neat square building of white brick, ornamented with stone, with a handsome receding portico of the Ionic order, … Pennant enumerates the Lying-in Hospital, the Asylum, or House of Refuge, and the Magdalen, as admirable institutions … but ecclesiastical in character, is built of brick, with stone dressings; the plan of the basement comprehends not …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… slate is quarried for exportation, and good building-stone is found in abundance. Collacombe, a mansion built in … and impropriator, Lord Ravensworth. In 1843, a glebe-house was erected in the Elizabethan style, on a site given … parish is seated in a valley. There are some quarries of stone for building and for road-making. The living is a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Inside the building, the Oak Room at the E. end of the house has original moulded ceiling-beams and a chamfered … partly of brick; the roofs are tiled and lead covered. The house was originally built early in the 17th century. Early … ConditionGood, or fairly good. b(5). Arnold's Farm, house, about 1 m. N.E. of the church. The walls are …
A History of the County of Essex
… parish also owned property at Lambourne End, on which a house was built by the parish in about 1671. 87 The house was enlarged in about 1810. 88Until then it had been … were spent on church repairs and improvement. 93 Church House has a tall front with a mansard roof and dormer …
A History of the County of Essex
… now called Lambourne Place, was originally a timber-framed house, probably of the 17th century. 89 It was largely faced … and south porches. The walls are of flint rubble with stone and brick dressings and are covered externally with … The font has an 18th-century marble bowl on a tall moulded stone base. The plate consists of a communion cup of 1559, a …
A History of the County of Essex
… of 1695. 5 The oldest surviving buildings appear to be the house on the east side of the main road, immediately north of … heavy closely-spaced studs, and curved braces. The other house, formerly the postoffice, but now a butcher's shop, … side of the road near the east end of the village, was a house possibly of similar date, but rebuilding has destroyed …
A History of the County of Essex
… distinction as chairman of the kitchen committee of the House of Commons. He became 1st Baron Lambourne in 1917 and … initials T.B. are carved on oak panelling formerly in the house and now in the Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight. 37 The … the earlier house are incorporated, including the carved stone Lockwood arms on the south front and the 17th-century …
A History of the County of Essex
… leased by the parish at £4 10 s. a year, and in 1748 a house called 'The Old Crown' was leased for use as a … at £10 a year. The repair and extension of Church House at Lambourne End, about 1810, were for the purpose of housing the parish poor, and this house remained in use as a workhouse until the formation of …
A History of the County of Essex
… who between them received £60 a year and had the use of a house rent-free. 61 Attendance declined slightly in … It had accommodation for about 150 pupils and a teacher's house was attached. 67 Within a few years it was receiving an … building of brown and red brick, with teacher's house attached. There was a private school at Abridge in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… fittings are probably of later date. a(2). Green Head, house, 500 yards N. of (1), has 18th-century and modern … plank partition of the local type. b(3). Thatchmoor Head, house, nearly m. E. of (1), was built late in the 17th or … contains an original panelled partition. b(5). Wythmoor, house, 990 yards E.S.E. of (3), has modern additions at each …