Description

WIDMERPOOL WIDMERPOOL HALL
SK 62 NW
DRIVE
(south side)
6/144 Widmerpool Hall
II
Country house now training college for the Automobile
Association. 1872-3 by Henry Clutton for Major Roberts. Some
C20 alterations. Ashlar. Plain tile roof. Several irregularly
dispersed groups of ashlar stacks, some external, all set
diagonally. Ashlar coped gables with single ridge finials.
Single Italianate clock tower of 2 stages over the ridge. The
top stage slightly projects over the band which is supported on
mock machicolations. Topped with bands and a parapet decorated
with open arched and cusped panels. Single corner finials and
gargoyles. To the front and right at the first stage are single
arched lights with single transoms under a flat arch with hood
moulds and decorative label stops. The second stage has on each
side a single rectangular panel formerly containing clock face
now with single large roundel with single small roundels in the
panelled spandrels. Hood mould and label stops over. Cornice to
the left 5 bays, those not gabled with similar parapet to the
tower. Irregular entrance front of 2 storeys plus attic, 2
storeys and single storey plus attic, 16 bays. The first, third
and fifth single bays from the left are 2 storeys plus garret and
gabled, the second and fourth left single bays are 2 storeys, the
single bays sixth, seventh and eighth from the left are one and
a half storeys, the nineth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth single
bays from the left are single storey plus attic, the thirteenth
single bay from the left is single storey plus garret and gabled,
the remaining 3 bays are single storey. The first and second
single bays and fourth and fifth single bays from the left
slightly project and have single corner gargoyles. The right 4
bays project. The left 5 bays are set on a moulded plinth. The
left 9 bays have a band over ground floor openings, broken by the
porch and forming a hood mould over the window in the single bay
sixth from the left. Ground floor sill band to the right 11
bays, broken by the doorways. First floor sill band to the left
5 bays, broken by the single left fifth bay. Having from left to
right, 2 windows each with 4 arched lights and single transom,
single similar 3 light window, gabled porch with moulded arched
entrance with panelled spandrels each contaning single roundel.
Hood mould over. The side walls each with single windows each
with 2 arched lights and drip mould. Inner moulded arched
doorway with panelled double door. Further right is a single
window with 4 arched lights and drip mould, a single similar 2
light window and drip mould, a single similar single light window
and drip mould, an arched doorway with part glazed door
spandrels as porch and drip mould, a single similar 2 light
window and drip mould, a C20 doorway and door, 2 similar 4 light
windows and drip moulds, a single window with 4 arched lights and
single transom, hood mould and label stops and on the far right 3
small fixed lights. Above from left to right are 4 windows each
with 4 arched lights and single transom, a single similar larger
window with 2 transoms and stained glass, a single window with 3
arched lights, 3 gabled dormers each with single window with 3
arched lights and single transom and a single slit ventilator.
Above are 3 windows each with 3 arched lights and drip mould. To
the left of the tower base is a single small 3 light window. All
windows are ashlar casements. Irregular garden front, the right
5 bays being 2 storeys plus attic and the left 4 bays single
storey plus attic. Bands with plinth to the right bays. The
right 5 bays alternate 2 single bays with 3 two storey single
canted bays, being gabled over. The single left bay is gabled.
The second, third and fourth single bays from the left with
gabled dormers. All windows with arched ashlar casements some
with transoms. Interior has an open well staircase with tapering
fluted balusters. Some oak panelling.

Listing NGR: SK6289428403

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Widmerpool Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7998748

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)