Description

POLLINGTON WEST END
SE 61 NW
(west side, off)
8/23 Pollington Hall
14.2.67
GV II
Farmhouse. Mid C18. Brown brick in English bond; ashlar steps and entrance
porch. Yorkshire slate roof. Double-depth plan, with 2-room central
entrance-hall south front, staircase to rear. 3 storeys, 5 bays;
symmetrical. Tall plinth. Flight of 5 steps flanked by ashlar walls
ramped-up from curved ends. C20 6-fielded-panel door in C20 architrave
beneath original Gothick overlight in beaded ashlar surround with scrolled
consoles carrying moulded pediment. C20 12-pane sashes to left, 4-pane
sashes to right, in original wooden architraves and reveals with stucco
sills and painted rubbed-brick flat arches. Similar first-floor 4-pane
sashes. C20 pivoted casements to second floor in similar original
surrounds. Stepped and dentilled brick eaves cornice. Stone-coped gables
with shaped kneelers. End stacks. Interior. Original features include:
moulded plaster cornice to entrance hall, pilastered round-arched opening to
stairhall; 2-flight return staircase with ramped corniced handrail, fluted
column newel and column-on-vase balusters with square knops, round-headed
stair window with pilastered surround; dentilled plaster cornice to ground
floor right; dining room, ground floor left, with modillioned plaster
cornice, moulded dado rail and good ashlar chimney-piece with pilasters,
raised tablet to frieze and scrolled consoles carrying corniced mantelshelf,
flanked by pair of cupboards with 6-fielded-panel doors in architraves;
vaulted cellars. Interior not fully investigated.

Listing NGR: SE6088419813

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26455172

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