Description

SJ 68 NE LYMM C.P. RECTORY LANE
(east side)

2/68 Lymm Hall

24/1/1950

GV II*

Hall, late C16, heavily restored, extended and the interior largely
rebuilt mid and late C19. Buff coursed sandstone to front and right
side, stone-dressed brick to rear. Graded slate roofs with stone
chimneys. 2 storeys plus attics. North front: E-shaped; balustraded
porch has segmental vault with nailed, boarded oak door at rear; a
3-light mullioned and transomed window to each side; recessed sashes
in 2-light mullioned openings to upper storey of central portion;
plain parapet rises in 2 steps to projecting gabled wings which have
3-light mullioned windows with recessed sashes to lower storey,
3-light mullioned and transomed windows to upper storey and a
single-light window to attic in each gable. West side has recessed
sashes in 2-light mullioned openings to lower storey; projecting
lateral chimney with corbel-table below parapet and 3 attached square
flues; inserted or restored canted 4-light oriel behind chimney. The
rear 2 metres of the west face project slightly. The (probably mid
C17) south front of red-brown brick on 1 metre flush stone plinth,
irregular in plan, has flush-mullioned window openings under labels,
informally disposed; recessed gable of 1 window, left, central
portion of 3 windows (including stair window); right gable has
2-storey canted bay window with sashes in 4-light mullioned openings.
Victorian wing (Jacobean-classical) right of south front has mullioned
bow containing French window with sidelights under a balustraded Doric
cornice. A C19 service wing masks the east side of house.
Interior: Apart from 3 ovolo oak beams in hall, and an early C19
stair with trellis balustrade, no visible pre-victorian features
survive.

Listing NGR: SJ6843987041

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Lymm Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q6708200

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)