Description

MARBURY CUM QUOISLEY C.P. (Off) HOLLINS LANE
SJ 54 NE
2/60 Marbury Hall
10-6-52
GV II
Small country house. c.1806. Red Flemish bond brick, painted, with
ashlar dressings and a slate roof with lead flashings. Two storeys.
Entrance front: seven bays symmetrically disposed. Slightly
projecting plinth. The central, slightly recessed, bay has engaged
antae to either side of the opening with a simplified entablature
above. To the opening are half-glazed doors of oak brought from Eaton
Hall, Nr.Eccleston. Within the recessed porch is a 1/2-glazed door with
lights to either side and a segmental fanlight above. To either side
are segmental bow windows each incorporating 3 bays, which at ground
floor level consist of deep sash windows of 3 x 2 sash panes falling
to the level of the plinth. To the first floor are seven sash windows
of 3 x 2 panes. Deep eaves and a hipped roof to either side of which
are chimney stacks, of 3 flues at right and 5 flues at left. At left
and slightly recessed is a service wing of four bays with 2-light and
single-light C20 windows at right and a C20 lean-to glazed porch at
left with a blocked window above. The right hand side has two first
floor windows of 3 x 2 sash panes. Rear: 3 bays symmetrically
disposed with central projecting bay with doorway having a segmental
relieving arch over and a moulded wooden door surround incorporating a
rectangular overlight with fan-shaped glazing bars. To either side of
this are tri-partite windows with segmental relieving arches above,
that at left having later C19 French windows to the centre and that at
right having a C20 window. Moulded wooden lintels to both windows.
To the first floor at centre is a staircase window of 4 x 4 panes with
segmental head. To either side and set slightly higher in the walling
are windows of 3 x 2 horned sash panes. Above the central bay was
originally a portion of parapet. To the right is the service wing of
two lower storeys with French windows at left and a cambered-headed
sash window of 3 x 2 panes with a stone sill. Two similar windows to
the first floor.

Listing NGR: SJ5606945086

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26519687

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  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)
• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)