Description

SJ 88 SE WILMSLOW FORMER U.D. ALDERLEY ROAD
(East Side)

1/236 Fulshaw Hall

30/3/1951

GV II

Formerly manor house, now offices, 1684 for Samuel Finney, additions
dated 1735 for Samuel Finney II, major additions, refacing in brick,
and alterations dated 1886 for R Lingard Monk. Flemish bond plum
brick with painted sandstone dressings. Kerridge stone-slate roof and
brick chimneys. Extensions in Accrington brick with stone dressings.
2½-storey symmetrical 7-bay front to original house. Stone plinth,
rusticated quoins, projecting stone bands at 1st and 2nd floor. End
pairs of bays project under stone-coped and ball-finialled gables.
Cyma-moulded stone mullioned and transomed windows and a similar
2-light mullioned window in gable. Cyma-moulded and rebated doorcase
has studded board door with iron fishtail hinges and added segmental
hood over a gilded griffon. Similar windows in flanking bays and
coped blocking course on eaves. To right 3-bay additions in similar
but more florid style.
Interior: Former hall has stone fireplace with a heavy wooden
overmantel framed by columns and scrolled pediment and containing 2
armorial plaques and date of 1893. Oak-panelled dado throughout, door
reveals have pairs of half fluted pilasters and there are 6 and
9-panelled mahogany doors. Geometric panelled ceilings and some
delicate friezes. Oak well staircase has monogram LM and ball finial
on newel. Date stone reading SF 1735 in cellar.

This was the home of Samuel Finney III who was miniaturist to Queen
Charlotte.

Listing NGR: SJ8438180072

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Fulshaw Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5508381

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6