Description

UNDERCLIFF DRIVE
1.
5271
St Lawrence
Lisle Combe
SZ 57 NW 5/175
2.
Early C19 large "cottage orné". One of the early Undercliff residences set in spacious
grounds below the road. 2 storeys stone rubble with quoins. Asymmetrical design.
Numerous openwork bargeboard gables with finials. Mullioned diamond leaded casements
with drip moulds. 2 storey gabled porch with small 1st floor oriel, 4 centred
arched entrance. Steep slate roofs with red brick Tudor style chimneys, overhanging
eaves. Asymmetrical south garden front: recessed part with 2 hipped bargeboard
gables to south-west. 2 gables over outer bays of centre block with small oriels.
2 gabled dormers to centre. Ground floor tiled roof verandah with central gable.
The wings have rectangular part roof bay windows on 1st floor. Projecting right
hand gabled block with gabled broad break, similar diamond leaded casements and
marginal glazing. West return of this block has oriel bay window beneath gable.
Picturesque composition. Associated with the Yarborough family.

Listing NGR: SZ5427576777

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Lisle Combe at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q6558997

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)