Description

SJ 86 NE GAWSWORTH C.P. CHURCH LANE

5/10 Gawsworth New Hall
(formerly listed as the
New Hall)

14.4.67

GV II*

Country House. 1707-1712 with later additions and alterations,
including those dated on datestone of 1914 by Sir Hubert Worthington.
Red Flemish bond brick with stone slate roof. Two storeys and attic,
E-shaped plan. Garden front: 16 bays. Slightly projecting plinth.
String course between floors. C19 sash windows of 4 panes to both
floors replacing original casement lights. Flat-arched heads of
gauged brick, those at ground floor level being deeper. Doorway at
fifth ground floor bay from left replacing original window. Doorway
at seventh bay from right now replaced by a window. Break in band
above this indicates possible large doorcase. All windows have stone
sills. Hipped dormers to attic. Left hand reveal: 7 bays similar to
garden front save that the ground floor sash windows have 3 x 5 panes
and there is a central elaborate wooden doorcase by Sir Hubert
Worthington with Corinthian pilasters and segmental open pediment
containing swags in high relief supporting a coat of arms of the first
Earl of Harrington. First floor window second from right now replaced
by triple single-light sashed windows. Courtyard front: Central
projecting wing with brick quoins to corners and square datestone to
first floor centre containing date 1914 with initial H and coronet
over in circular cable surround. Four bays to either side, those in
the re-entrant angles to central projection being single storey
slightly recessed wings, contemporary with it. Other bays as on
garden front with door at left and breaks in string course at right
and left indicating probable original doorcases. Projecting wings at
either side with usual fenestration but altered by insertion of
smaller windows to service rooms, fire escape at right of right hand
wing and garage door at left of left hand wing. Original 2-light
casement window surviving in right hand wing at first floor level in
second bay from left of cross form with 4 x 10 panes to lower lights
and 4 x 6 panes above. Similar upper portion of window whose lower
lights have been replaced with plate glass at ground floor right of
left hand wing.
Interior: Drawing room: late C18 wooden panelled fireplace with
painted canvas overmantel of flowers in a vase. Mid Victorian
Adam-style surround to another ground floor fireplace. Some
hob-grates surviving to attics.

The house was started by Lord Mohun but abandoned after his death in a
duel with the Duke of Hamilton in 1712 in which both men were killed.

Sources:

R Richards - The Manor of Gawsworth

Nikolaus Pevsner & - The Buildings of England : Cheshire
Edward Hubbard

Listing NGR: SJ8919169837

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Gawsworth New Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5528489

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Recommended Books

• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)