Description

SJ 96 NW SUTTON OAKGROVE

6/72 Sutton Oaks

II

Gentleman's country house. Built third quarter of the C19 to designs by Thomas
Worthington. Tooled and snecked sandstone; Welsh slate roof. Generally 2 storeys.
Plan: irregular, but designed around a central L-shaped corridor (with no proper
hall) which gives access to the principal rooms: entrance vestibule to S with
dining room adjacent to SE, and study and drawing room to SW; principal stairs
to W. Bedrooms above. To the W (to the rear of the stairs) a 3 storey 'tower'
(possibly containing bachelor guest rooms) with single-storey billiards room to
NW. This 'tower' is balanced by a 2 ½ storey block to E with additional bedrooms.
Services to rear contained within main building. Asymmetrical elevations through-
out with variously placed ridge and lateral stacks. Garden (S) front: a long
facade with paired gabled wings of different heights to left, each with overhanging
eaves and truss-like bargeboarding; canted bay to left wing, off-centre porch
with parapet, single and paired sash windows under depressed arches, some with
hood moulds. Left (W) elevation: canted storeyed bay under hipped roof to SW
(drawing room); paired stair lights recessed between this and 3 storeyed tower;
the tower, late medieval in feel, L-shaped plan with corbelled angle turret and
spirelet, the roof partly hipped and partly concealed behind dressed stone parapet
with ball finials. Large plate-glass sashes under window arches as to front.
Billiard room with canted bay, and canted inglenook end stack with set-offs and
shaped shafts. Right (E) elevation: canted bay to SE (dining room); 2 ½ storey
block with canted hipped bay and gabled dormer window. Windows as elsewhere,
gables treated as to S front. Rear elevation flush with N face of tower (which
has elaborate external stack), gable treatment as front. Interior: internal
fittings survive largely intact and include panelled shutters, open well stair
with twisted balusters, plaster cornices with egg and dart mouldings; billiard
room with panelled dado and elaborate. inglenook with full-height panelling,
marquetry or inlaid figure panels, embossed typanum; coved ceiling. Overall:
a good example of one of Worthington's small 'country mansion of Manchester'.

Listing NGR: SJ9179769653

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26409504

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)