Description

TAMWORTH

SK20NW ASHBY ROAD, Amington
670-1/2/5 (South side)
09/11/72 Amington Old Hall

II

Also known as: Old Hall Farmhouse ASHBY ROAD Amington.
Farmhouse. Early C18, with C16 or C17 core. Brick; tile roof
with lead flat roof to centre and brick stacks. 2-unit house
with cross wing, former barn to left and lower dairy wing to
right. 2 storeys; 4-window range; central gabled cross wing
and gabled projection to right end. Brick platt bands to cross
wing and to right; coped gables. Entrance to left of cross
wing has doorcase with fluted pilasters and triglyph frieze,
6-fielded-panel door, 2 glazed panels; projection has
segmental-headed entrance with pegged door. Ground floor has
window with pegged wooden frame of 3 transomed lights under
segmental head, small light to projection; 1st floor has
9-pane sash under rubbed brick flat arch to left end,
small-paned casement with moulded frame under segmental head
to cross wing, with painted blind window to right, projection
has 16-pane sash under segmental head. End stacks and 2
cross-axial stacks, that to right being large. Left return has
2 sashed windows to ground floor. Rear has rich cornice; platt
bands to cross wing and to left. Varied fenestration
including: three 12-pane sashes with thick glazing bars to
right of cross wing with 9-pane sashes above, in large blocked
segmental-headed openings; 1st floor to left of cross wing has
pegged cross casements. Dairy wing has low lean-to outshut and
2-light barred windows, attached pump in wooden case.
INTERIOR: C16/17 stop-chamfered beams, some to ground floor on
wall posts; kitchen has large segmental-headed fireplace
opening with later range and fixed oak dresser; stair between
2 walls has some early C18 twisted balusters to landing;
6-fielded-panelled door to ground floor; 1st floor has some
C17 and C18 doors with H-L or cock's head hinges; some windows
have shutters.

Listing NGR: SK2316405443

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491520

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)