Park Close, Elswick Lodge and wall attached

Villa, now rehabilitation centre. 1844 for Robert Hawthorn. Sandstone ashlar;
raduated Lakeland slate roof with brick chimneys and stone gable copings. 2
storeys and attics; 3 bays with one-bay set-back at left and lower one-bay extens-
ion further left. Jacobean style. Main block central double part-glazed door in
flat Tuscan porch with dentils and shaped panel over. Paired sashes above; paired
sashes in slight projections in outer bays. Frame of giant pilasters and
continuous cornice (corbelled in centre bay) contains all the features. Shaped
gables to 3 dormers with paired blind windows. Set-back left bay in similar style.
Rendered extension has plain sashes. Main house has paired, conjoined octagonal
chimneys left end. Ashlar wall running forward from right end of house contains
garden door in architrave; ashlar-coped brick wall continues forward a short
distance. LISTED GRADE 2