Description

WRELTON THE VILLAGE
SE 7686-7786
(north side)
17/114 Wrelton Hall
GV II
Hall. Mid C18 probably incorporating an earlier house; altered, extended
and roof raised in early C19; further alteration and extension c1920.
Roughly-dressed limestone to front and right side; coursed limestone rubble
elsewhere. Irregular quoins. Extensions in dressed limestone. Later
extensions at rear in red and variegated brick in English garden wall bond.
Slate roof to main house, pantile roofs to outbuilding and wing. Brick
stacks, some rebuilt. Originally 2-cell, gable-entry plan, extended to left
and outbuilding added; wing and further extensions at rear. 2 storeys and
attic, 4 windows, with single-storey outbuilding set back at left. Right
end door of 6 beaded, raised panels, with patterned overlight and pilaster
jambs, in Doric porch. Inserted sash at left, beneath timber keyed lintel.
French doors with overlight beneath keyed tripartite lintel at end left.
Bullseye window in keyed brick surround in the centre, beneath corbelled
floating cornice, flanked by 5-window canted bays. First-floor windows are
2-light casements with stone sills and keyed tripartite lintels. C20 flat
dormers with casements. All windows have leaded lights. Cavetto-moulded
eaves cornice. Coped gables and shaped kneelers. End stacks and 3 spaced
evenly along ridge; 2 now truncated. Outbuilding has 4-panel door to right
of small 4-pane fixed light, both with timber lintels. Right return:
2 segment-arched fixed windows to ground floor, with small-pane glazing,
stone sills and keyed archivolts of shaped voussoirs. 2-light, 12-pane
horizontal-sliding sashes with timber lintels to first and attic floors.
Wing at rear: 2-storey, 2-window front. Centre door of 6 flush panels, and
16-pane sashes with stone sills; tooled lintels to all openings. Coped
gable and kneeler to right. End stacks. Interior. Ground-floor room on
left has good 1920s panelled inglenook fireplace with settles on each side
and diamond-paned fire window. Behind the stairs is an original Gothick-
glazed door, probably reused.

Listing NGR: SE7675886102

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26509310

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)