Description

WOLSINGHAM A689 (North side)
NZ 13 NW
23/321 Bradley Hall
31.1.67 farmhouse

GV II

Manor house, now farmhouse. C14 in the possession of the Eure family; 1431
licence to crenellate; possibly C15 barrel-vaulted ruin the only visible survivor
of this house. Late C18 addition of present house. Sandstone rubble with
quoins,one of Frosterley marble; ashlar doorcase; roof of graduated Lakeland
slate with stone chimney. L-plan. 4 vaulted chambers run north-south and
contain arched doorways and fire arch; C20 vehicle doors fill openings. On
right return the modern house of 3 storeys, 2 windows extends from the ruined
wall which contains small square blocked window at right on first-floor level.
Open-pedimented Tuscan doorcase at left of addition contains 6-panel door and
patterned fanlight. Tripartite sashes in first bay and 12-pane sashes in
second have painted wood lintels-and sills except for a painted wedge stone
lintel over second-floor right window. Frosterley marble-slab as quoin at
right, one metre above ground. Relieving arches, paired between ground-floor
windows, probably related to tunnel or drain known to extend from this point
towards River Wear. Low-pitched hipped double-span roof. Interior: one-foot-
wide beam in ground floor between rooms; boarded dado; some early C18 doors.

Listing NGR: NZ1083736180

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26526049

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments