Description

TILSTONE FEARNALL C.P. (Off) TILSTONE HALL LANE
SJ 56 SE
3/88 Tilstone Hall Folly
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- II
Ruins of gatehouse. Late C16/early C17. Red sandstone ashlar with
English garden wall bond brickwork. Ruinous ground floor and part of
first floor. West front: Central round pedestrian archway with
moulded springers and ovolo moulding to the arch voussoirs. Plinths
and capitals of missing columns to either side of arch. To the left
is a blocked 3-light mullioned window with chamfered surround and a
pediment over. Remnants of similar to right. Entablature above which
projects above the capitals - and again at the corners. Further
pediment resting on the cornice at left. East front: Similar to the
west face but with two sets of 2 pediments and one cabled Roman Doric
column. The building is somewhat similar to the screen at Speke Hall,
Lancashire, in its proportions and the use of cabled Roman Doric
columns.

Listing NGR: SJ5726260822

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26453892

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (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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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings