Description

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SK 68 SE
6/1

BABWORTH
BABWORTH HALL DRIVE (west side)
Babworth Hall

28.2.52

G.V.
II

Country House. Mid C18. In 1790, for John Bridgeman Simpson, the brick was whitened by Repton, who also laid out the grounds. In 1850 William Burn restored the red brick and carried out other alterations to the windows and parapet. Mid C20 much of the rear and service wings demolished. Red brick and ashlar. Slate roofs the left wing being hipped, the right pyramidal. Three yellow brick stacks. Ashlar parapet and moulded cornice. Two and a half storeys, five bays, flanked by three storey single bay slightly projecting wings with ashlar quoins. Set on an ashlar plinth with first and second floor ashlar bands. Central doorway, having a six panelled door with fluted surround to each panel and corner patera, with traceried overlight. Flanked by single C20 Doric pilasters supporting a slightly projecting pediment. Either side are two glazing bar sashes with further single, larger glazing bar sashes in the outer wings. Above are six similar smaller sashes, the central four being slightly smaller, with 6 similar, smaller sashes on the top floor, following the same pattern. All windows have lugged architrave surrounds with single flush quoins in each jamb and at the base. On the ground, in front of the second bay in are single ashlar orbs. Projecting from the plinth, either side of the doorway are single ashlar blocks supporting C20 urns.

Listing NGR: SK6875880931

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26297200

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)