Description

SJ 67 SW NORTHWICH C.P. WINNINGTON LANE
(East of A533)

4/45 Winnington Hall

24.3.50.

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Hall, "oak wing" circa. 1600 and stone wing and link to oak wing 1775
by Samuel Wyatt; restored by Darcy Braddell circa. 1920. Oak-framed
entrance wing; brick staircase bay; ashlar wing; grey slate roofs.
Oak-framed wing of 2 storeys plus attics and 5 gabled bays has
small-framing with chevrons on rendered stone plinth; plaster panels;
C19 oak-framed porch with double 3-panel oak doors; replaced
casements; 3-storey bay with spire added right, with service wing with
no features of special interest beyond; through its courtyard the
3-storey end-gable of the oak wing is visible. Brick stair bay,
expressed as 3 storeys, has 9-pane recessed sashes. Rear of stone
wing (formerly an orangery) has looped radial-bar lunettes and a
venetian window. Stone wing of 2 storeys taller than those of oak
wing has 5 bays, canted ends, plinth, 15-pane recessed sashes to lower
storey with recessed panels containing festoons above and 9-pane
recessed upper sashes. Miscellaneous chimneys.
Interior: The oak wing is partly relined in manner of Wyatt's stone
wing. Hall has Tuscan screen with 2 paired columns and antae;
pilasters in corners; 6-panel mahogany doors; C19 (?) stone fireplace
with iron grate in semi-circular alcove. Billiard room right has
altered posts and ceiling; open well stair probably by Braddell
leads to oak-panelled corridor and 1 oak-panelled room upstairs; the
other rooms are altered, with coved ceilings. Behind hall in oak
wing, lobby leads to former orangery in stone wing, octagon room and
apsed dining and drawing rooms, all excellently proportioned and
detailed; notable are the lunettes and vault in orangery, the apses
and the octagon room. Left from lobby is stairwell containing
geometrical stair with superimposed semicircular flights to 1st and
2nd landings; the 1st communicates (now through bathroom) to upper
storey of oak wing; the 2nd to upper storey of stone wing.

Treuhertz and de Figueiredo The Country Houses of Cheshire (in
progress).

Listing NGR: SJ6450574749

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Winnington Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q8025721

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)