List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: PRESTON HALL MUSEUM
List Entry Number: 1140000
Location
PRESTON HALL MUSEUM, YARM ROAD
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: Stockton-on-Tees
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Preston-on-Tees
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 06-Oct-1983
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 59411
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List Entry Description
Summary of Building
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History
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Details
NZ 41 NW PRESTON-ON-TEES YARM ROAD
(east side)
10/554
Preston Hall Museum
6.10.83
II
Late C18 or early Cl9 house with large later C19 additions. Original rectangular
block with service wing. Pinkish brick with stone plinth and first floor band, cor-
nice and blocking course. Hipped Welsh slate roof. In front a projecting link
to a large, stone porte-cochere of late C19 with neo-baroque treatment. Further
extensions to left of similar date. Wrapped around the right hand corner a larger
conservatory of circa 1900 added by Ropner Shipping Company. A pent link from
house to a large domed glass pavilion with half-decagonal bows on three sides hav-
ing hipped roofs. Arcaded walls with radial leaded heads, cast iron pilasters be-
tween glazed panels. Garden front of original house shows large, three-window
rounded bow. Sash windows with glazing bars under gauged brick arches. Six-window
service wing runs to right. Lavish, later C19 interiors.
Listing NGR: NZ4297415786
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Map
National Grid Reference: NZ 42974 15786
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