Abbeystead House

Abbeystead House

Abbeystead House is to the east of the village of Abbeystead, Lancashire, England (gbmapping|SD565545). It is a Grade II listed building.cite web |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?pid=1&id=182573 |title=Images of England: Abbeystead |accessdate=2008-03-22 |publisher=English Heritage ]

The house was built in 1886 for the 4th Earl of Sefton, the architects being
Douglas and Fordham of Chester. [cite book | last =Pevsner | first =Nikolaus | authorlink =Nikolaus Pevsner | coauthors = | title =The Buildings of England: North Lancashire |edition= | publisher =Yale University Press | date =2002 | origyear=1969 | location = New Haven & London| pages =186 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0 300 09617 8] It is built in sandstone rubble with slate roofs in Elizabethan style. Its plan consists of two main ranges forming the south and east sides of a courtyard. Integrated within the east range is a four storey tower and behind this range are subsidiary buildings arranged around a further courtyard.

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