Description

HANBURY CP SCHOOL ROAD (north side) SO 96 SW 3/125 (11/2(B)) The Long Gallery about 30 yards north-west 14.3.69 of Hanbury Hall and attached wall to south-east GV II*

The Long Gallery and attached wall. c1701 with mid-C19 alterations. Red brick in Flemish bond; hipped plain tiled roof. L-plan; main part of seven bays aligned north-west/south-east with single-bay north-east return; external chimney with off-sets at rear and in angle of return. Single storey and base- ment with 2-course band between levels; modillion eaves cornice to front, brick dentilled eaves cornice at rear. Queen Anne style. Main south-east elevation: seven sash windows, all 18-pane with thick glazing bars, moulded architraves and gauged flat heads; basement has six irregularly-spaced casements and a half- glazed door with a cambered head; entrance at south-east end has three C19 pointed brick arches, the outer two having pierced brick infill in lower part with a sandstone coping; two flights of steps lead up to the central entrance arch and porch within which are fitted side benches. Interior: panelled to shoulder height; two Jacobean overmantels in main part; one is constructed from church woodwork, carved with the symbols of the Passion and frames a funerary hatchment with the three Vernon wheatsheaves; the other is divided into three compartments by Caryatids and is crowned by a frieze of fruit, flowers and strap- work; at the centre are carved the Prince of Wales' feathers and, beneath the figures, a fleur-de-lis, rose, thistle and pear; it was moved to the Long Gallery from the Parlour and is believed to have originally come from Tickenhill House, Bewdley. The Study in the north-east return is also panelled. A dairy in the basement has walls covered with glazed ceramic tiles. The attached wall links the Long Gallery to the south-west of the house; brick with sandstone coping; about 30 yards long and 20 feet high; south-west side has blocked open- ings with cambered heads; north-east side has four recessed rectangular panels. At the south-east end is a half-glazed door with a cambered head. (VCH 3 (ii) p 373; BoE, p 186; Hanbury Hall, The National Trust Official Guide- book, 1981, p 26; Country Life xxxix, p 502; LXLiii, p 18, 16; Gardens X p 368).

Listing NGR: SO9435863757

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