Description

SWETTENHAM C.P. SWETTENHAM ROAD
SJ 86 NW

5/46 Swettenham Hall

6.6.52

GV II

Mansion, late C18, whitened pebble dashed brickwork with slate roof.
2 storeys, 7 bays. Stone plinth. Symmetrical facade. Second and
sixth bays are 2-storey canted bay windows and the fourth bay is a
single-storey canted bay window with lead flat roof. All windows are
sashes with stone sills and glazing bars, those built in walls are
recessed. Six-panel doors with plain pilaster door cases, archivolts
and radial bar fanlights occupy the third and fifth bays at ground
floor. The projecting eaves-string course is surmounted by a
crenellated parapet with stone coping. This follows the projections
of the full height bay windows and is raised one metre above its
normal level over the three centre bays. Symmetrically placed
intermediate and gable-end stacks. At the rear (south west) a massive
three bay wide canted bay window with three pairs of French windows is
flanked by two gables. This garden front has eleven windows.
Interior: Six-panel doors and staircase with cut and bracketted
string.

Listing NGR: SJ8094866539

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Swettenham Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15979545

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