Description

TL 78 SE WANGFORD

4/91 Wangford Hall
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GV II

House. Late C16 with alterations of C18 and mid C19. Hall range and 2 cross-
wings. Timber framed and rendered. Glazed pantiled roofs with crested ridge
tiles and bargeboards with undulating soffits and ridge finials. C19 axial
and end chimneys of red brick; the axial chimney has 4 octagonal flues on a
square plinth. 2-light mid C19 casements with hoodmoulds. 1-storey pantiled
C19 entrance porch with carved bargeboards and ridge finial. Arched doorway
with square hoodmould, framed and battened C20 door. Ovolo-moulded 1st floor
members exposed internally. At the rear are C18 and C19 parapet-gabled
extensions and alterations of flint rubble with red brick quoins; a further
mid C19 gault brick kitchen extension to rear. Wangford Hall was the home of
Sir Robert Wright (d.1689), Chief Justice of the Kings Bench to James I;
afterwards also of Sir John Holt, Lord Chief Justice in 1689.

Listing NGR: TL7501883027

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489260

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)