Description

TILSTONE FEARNALL C.P. (Off) NANTWICH ROAD SJ 56 SE Tilstone Lodge 3/82 - GV II House. c.1832. By Thomas Harrison of Chester. Stuccoed brick with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. Entrance front: Main block to right with long service wing to left. The central three bays of the main block have a porte cochere to the ground floor supported by two pairs of unfluted elongated Doric columns. Large tripartite window behind with double glazed front doors to centre each of 1 x 4 panes with a 2-light rectangular overdoor and side lights of 1 x 5 panes each. Panelled wooden surround to the whole. Sash windows to either side of 3 x 4 panes and 3 similar windows to the first floor, that at the left now blind. Moulded string course between floors continuing the cornice of the porte cochere to the extreme right is a recessed, blind half-bay and at the left is a recessed bay, the start of the service wing, which is of lower proportions than the main block. This bay has a porchway at ground floor level with a window of 3 x 4 panes above. To the left of this are three bays each having windows of 3 x 4 panes to both floors and to the left again a lower continuation of the service wing with 5 scattered bays. Right hand side: segmental bay at left with three pairs of French windows to the ground floor and three first floor windows each of 3 x 4 panes. C20 iron trellis before, supporting a balcony. To the right is a mid/late C19 single storey addition of 4 bays with semi-circular arched windows and panelled pilasters between with a hipped roof. Rear: central segment bay with triple-light window to the ground floor with a central pair of French windows and lateral lights of 1 x 5 panes. To right and 1eft of this are tripartite windows with central lights of 3 x 4 panes and lateral lights of 1 x 4 panes. The three first floor windows are each of 3 x 4 panes and rest upon the string course. Service wing at right and the end of the mid/late C19 single storey addition at left with a single round-arched window set between pairs of panelled pilasters. Built for Admiral Tollemache (who changed his name from Halliday) the house was the Cheshire seat of the Tollemache family prior to the building of Peckforton Castle.

Listing NGR: SJ5688061052

External Links

• Tilstone Lodge at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7802968

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