Description

SJ 55 SW BULKELEY CHOLMONDELEY LANE

4/5 Bulkeley Grange

GV II

Mansion, mid C19. Red brick, in Flemish Bond, with slate roof, in
Jacobean style. 2-storey, 3-bay gabled entrance front with 3-bay
return (west) and service wing (east). Moulded stone plinth band,
flush stone dressing and moulded first floor level cornice. Large
projecting entrance porch, mainly of stone, with Jacobean style
pilasters flanking entrance and side windows. Double ovolo moulded
surround to entrance has flattened elliptical arch with keystone.
Heavy oak panelled external door and three-quarter glazed vestibule
screen. The porch has a flat roof with stone open-work parapet.
Stone ovolo moulded mullion and transome windows with wider cornice,
with corbels over ground floor windows. Outer bays are gabled and
timbered with stone consoles below apex bressumers. The east bay has
a projecting, stone dressed, stack cutting through the apex timbers.
The centre bay fronts a low ridge with cross window, surmounted by
strapwork feature in Gothic arched, coped gable, with stone crowning
and flanking finials. Cast iron rain water heads flanking centre bay
carry the initials T.B.

The west elevation has a corbel table supporting the widened cornice
over three ground floor windows and a large hexagonal stone bay with
its lights flanked by Jacobean pilasters. There is a matching stone
bay, similarly placed, in the east elevation. The service wing (east)
has loggia of 5 bays supporting a timber-framed, plaster-panelled
upper storey. The main chimney stack has separated octagonal and
square flues. The ridge is of crested tiles.

Listing NGR: SJ5340954060

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Bulkeley Grange at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4996499

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Recommended Books

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)