Gables and Associated Terraces, Walls and Steps; The Gables and Associated Terraces, Walls England, UK

Listed Building Reasons For Designation

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The Gables, an Arts and Crafts house designed by Arthur Nunweek in 1912, is recommended for designation at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Architectural Interest: for the quality of the Arts and Crafts design which is characterised by the distinctive use of local building materials; the varied elevational interest; and the diverse, individualistic treatment of each room * Craftsmanship: for the consistently high quality of craftsmanship displayed in the interior fittings and joinery * Intactness: for the survival of the original interior fittings, joinery and ironmongery, and of the plan form which has undergone only minor alterations to the service rooms

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

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355/0/10013 TEDGNESS ROAD 24-SEP-10 Nether Padley Gables and associated terraces, walls and steps TEDGNESS ROAD Nether Padley The Gables and associated terraces, wa lls and steps

II Large, detached Arts and Crafts house designed by Arthur Nunweek in 1912.

MATERIALS: Uncoursed gritstone rubble cut into polygonal shapes with ashlared stone dressings, and a roof covering of red tiles mellowed to a reddish grey.

PLAN: Two storeys with attic and steeply pitched, hipped roof. The house has an asymmetrical, approximately rectangular plan with a narrow single-storey service wing extending from the north-east corner which originally contained the wash-house, gas-house and coals.

EXTERIOR: The house is situated on a hill with the ground sloping steeply away from the west terrace. The principal rooms are arranged on the longer west front in order to have views over the Derbyshire Dales. The principal entrance is on the north elevation within a projecting, off-centre, two-storey, gabled porch which has moulded stone coping and kneelers, as do all the gables. The multi-panelled front door flanked by diamond-leaded margin lights is recessed behind a wide, shallow arch with a hoodmould which rises into a square in the centre to suggest a keystone. The elaborate wrought-iron light and bell pull survive. There is a two-light mullion in the left return of the porch and a centrally placed three-light mullion on the first floor. The windows on all the main elevations are stone mullions of two to six square-leaded lights with plain, wide lintels and hoodmoulds. To the left of the porch there are three-light mullions on both floors, and the projecting service wing has two-light mullions and exposed rafters at the eaves. To the right of the porch the two-storey, recessed gable is dominated by a large, projecting, chimney stack which rises from a semi-circular arch resting on corbels through the apex of the gable. Underneath is a single-storey projection with a hipped roof. The west elevation is divided into five irregular bays. The wide, recessed, central bay contains a covered entrance porch consisting of a panelled and glazed door flanked by three-light mullions, and on the left return another door leading into the drawing room, all with Art Nouveau-style leaded lights. A stone-paved terrace leads down two steps to the lawn. Above the porch on the first floor is a six-light mullion, and in the roof the eight-light dormer has timber mullions and flat roof, as do the other dormers. There are projecting gables either side of the central bay; that on the left has a canted bay window and 5-light mullion above; and on the right a large, multi-paned window indicating the open hall which is divided by mullions and arched transoms into three rows of diminishing height, the central row containing stained glass depicting the date and owner's initials. The outer bay on the left has a two-light mullion on both floors and that on the right has 5-light mullions. On the south elevation the gable end on the left has two single-light windows on the left hand side on each floor. This gable is overlapped by another, slightly projecting gable which houses the inglenook in the dining room and contains the chimney stack which rises through the right pitch. On the right hand side of the elevation the original loggia has been built over and contains a four-light mullion. On the first floor there is a five-light mullion and a part-glazed door which leads out to the timber balcony with square balusters; above is a three-light dormer. The rear (east) elevation which contains the service rooms and leads into the service wing has an irregular arrangement of timber mullions with tooled stone dressings.

INTERIOR: The predominantly Arts and Crafts interior strikes an eclectic note with the introduction of neo-Classical decorative elements. The fittings and joinery are of a high quality and survive