Description

SK 57 NW PARISH OF WHITWELL OLD HALL LANE
2/172 (West Side)
19.11.51 Whitwell Hall
GV II*

Manor house, formerly the seat of the Manners family. C17, early C18 and early C19.
Coursed squared sandstone with sandstone dressings and quoins. Stone slate and plain
tile roofs with various ridge and lateral stacks. Stone coped gables with moulded
kneelers and finials. Two storeys and attics. Chamfered plinth. Garden elevation of
seven irregular bays. Projecting gabled bay to the left has on the first floor, a
canted oriel window of 1-3-1 lights, with a transom and C19 gothic glazing. Two-
light recessed and chamfered mullion window above, in the gable. The return elevation
to the right has a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom window to
each floor. Two unequal gabled bays to the right have a 2 and a 3-light recessed
and chamfered mullioned window to the ground floor; a cross window and a 4-light
recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom window to the first floor; and a 2-light
window in the lefthand gable. Return wall to the right has a 4-light recessed and
chamfered mullioned and transom window to the first floor. Three bays set back to
the right have to the ground floor from left to right, a 2-light recessed and
chamfered mullioned window, a doorway with plain surround and pair of half-glazed
doors, a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullioned window, a doorway flanked by single
light windos, and a 2-light recessed and chamfered mullioned window. The first floor
has three 5-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom windows. The east
elevation is of five bays. Off-centre ashlar porch with moulded round-arched
entrance and pierced parpaet. To the left is a doorway with plank door, and two 4-
light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom windows. The first floor has
three 3-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom windows and two 4-light
recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom windows under gabled half-dormers. The
interior has a ground floor room with full height early C18 raised and fielded
panelling and a bolection moulded stone chimneypiece. Panelled shutters. An upper
room has full height C17 panelling.

Listing NGR: SK5260976914

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Whitwell Old Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7996963

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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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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)