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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Think I should also clarify a point. The Listed status was in 1950. So therefore everything was listed how it was at 1950 so all temporary partitions etc put in after that date are not listed unless their removal might damage a listed structure so really you need to know which is which. <br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: 1duckweed@live.co.uk<br>To: meersbrook-house@email-lists.org<br>Subject: FW: re Meersbrook Hall<br>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:40:50 +0000<br><br>
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<div dir="ltr">This is from Valerie Bayliss Chair of Victorian Society. <br><br><div><hr id="ecxstopSpelling">From: v.bayliss@btinternet.com<br>To: 1duckweed@live.co.uk<br>Subject: Re: re Meersbrook Hall<br>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:34:18 +0000<br><br>
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<div>Two points to make.</div>
<div>First, if a building is listed, the law says it’s all listed; everything
within the curtilage. te exception is if the list description mentions something
as excluded from the listing. This is rare. Terms like ‘listed facade’ have no
legal meaning but are often used by eg developers who want to create a
particular impression. And it’s sadly not unknown for judges to get this
wrong.</div>
<div>Second,the description in this case mentions a staircase: <font face="Times New Roman">‘I<span id="ecxctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_LblListDetails">NTERIOR: cantilever open well wooden
stair with cut string and vase and stem balusters, with ramped scrolled
handrail. Hallway and stair well with moulded arches and cornices’.
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<div><span>Did you know all the English list descriptions are online? Just find
EH’s home page and then National Heritage Register.</span></div>
<div><span>Here’s the whole thing:</span></div>
<div><span id="ecxctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_LblListDetails"><font face="Times New Roman">Formerly known as: Ruskin Museum, Meersbrook Park BROOK
ROAD. House and adjoining service buildings, formerly museum, now offices. Late
C18, with mid C19 and late C20 additions and alterations. Brick with ashlar
dressings with gabled and hipped slate, concrete tile and artificial stone slate
roofs with various stacks. EXTERIOR: north front, 2 storeys; 3 window range.
Modillion eaves, 2 ridge stacks. Central 2 storey canted bay window with hipped
roof and three 12-pane sashes on each floor. Beyond, on either side, a single 12
pane sash on each floor. All these windows have brick flat arches. To its left,
single storey service wing with a 3-light window. To left again, 2 storey
service range, 5 windows. C19 west front has string course. To left a pedimented
gable with a 2-light stone mullioned window on each floor. To its right, a
square bay window with a 3-light mullioned window on each floor. Ground floor
has a central plain sash. Right return has a plain sash and below, a 3 bay
round-arched open arcade with keystones. C18 garden front, to south, has a
recessed centre with a Venetian stair window set in a round-headed recess
between pedimented wings. Each wing has a 12 pane sash on each floor, the right
one having also an inserted smaller sash to the ground floor. Between the wings,
a C20 flat-roofed single storey infill with a glazing bar window. To right, a 2
storey block, early C19, with coped gables and 2 gable stacks. Two 16 pane
sashes with splayed lintels, and below, a triple sash with renewed lintel. To
its left, a small C20 window. To right again, C19 block, coursed squared stone
with hipped slate roof and single side wall and 2 ridge stacks. 2 storeys; 4
window range of 12 pane sashes. Below, to left, 2 cross casements and to right,
2 windows converted to doors. To right again, a lower C19 service range, coursed
squared stone, with C20 extension to right. 2 storeys; 5 window range. INTERIOR:
cantilever open well wooden stair with cut string and vase and stem balusters,
with ramped scrolled handrail. Hallway and stair well with moulded arches and
cornices. </font></span></div>
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<div style=""><b>From:</b> <a title="1duckweed@live.co.uk" href="mailto:1duckweed@live.co.uk">Joyce M Bullivant</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 21, 2015 6:01 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="v.bayliss@btinternet.com" href="mailto:v.bayliss@btinternet.com">valerie Bayliss</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> re Meersbrook Hall</div></div></div>
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<div>Hi Valerie,</div>
<div> </div>Do you know whether Meersbrook Hall has grade 2 listed
restrictions to its interior. I know there is supposed to be a particularly fine
staircase which is in Fairbanks notes in 1759. Don't know if it is the same now.
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<div>Joy </div></div></div></div></div></div> </div></div> </div></body>
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