Description

TAMWORTH

SK2004SE COLEHILL
670-1/7/64 (East side)
09/11/72 No.10

GV II

House, now office. Probably C17, refronted early C19.
Pebbledashed brick with ashlar dressings, some internal timber
frame; parapeted roof. Double-depth plan with rear wing. 3
storeys; symmetrical 5-window range. Entrance has Tuscan
porch, columns on plinths, with steps to small-paned
half-glazed door. Windows have sills and horned sashes with
margin lights, smaller windows to 2nd floor. Rear wing with
large cross-axial stack. INTERIOR: exposed timber-framing,
especially to upper floors; attic has exposed C17 brickwork
and queen-strut trusses; central open-well stair with
column-on-vase balusters, square newels and ramped handrails.
The home of General Bailey Willington, 1755-1822, an artillery
commander at the siege of Gibraltar, 1782.

Listing NGR: SK2090304054

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491528

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)