Description

SK 47 NE PARISH OF BARLBOROUGH PARK STREET
1/41 (East Side)
26.8.65 Barlborough Old Hall (formerly
GV listed as No 2, 4 and 6,The Old Hall

II*

Manor house. Dated 1618, C17, C18. Restored 1985. Attributed to Robert
Smythson.Coursed squared sandstone with sandstone dressings and quoins. Pantile roof
with four brick gable stacks and a brick ridge stack. Stone coped gables with moulded
kneelers. Two storeys. H-plan. North elevation of five bays. Pair of Tudor-arched
doorways with moulded surrounds and plank doors. To the right is a 3-light square
section flush mullion window. To the left are two 2-light windows. The first floor
has a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion window, flanked by two 2-light recessed
and chamfered mullion windows. The south elevation has a doorway with segmental-
arched wedge brick lintel. On each side are three light recessed and chamfered
mullion and transom windows, and between the door and one of the windows is a
blocked single light window, with above it, a yet smaller blind window. The first
floor has five 2-light recessed and chamfered mullion windows, all with plain
hoodmoulds. East elevation of 2-2-2 bays, the outer projecting bays are gabled. The
left gable has a pair of cross windows to the ground floor, two 2-light windows
above, and two small blind windows in the gable. The right hand gable has a single
and a 2-light window to the ground floor,two 2-light windows above, and two small
blind windows in the gable. The recessed centre part has two 3-light Yorkshire sashes
to the ground floor and two similar but smaller windows above. The west elevation
has projecting gabled bays, blind, apart from one cross window. The recessed centre
part has a 3-light mullion and transom window with a 3-light window above. Flanked
by full height lean-to bays. The interior has stop chamfered beams. A north-west room
has a rebuilt chamfered segmental-arched hearth. Another room has a steeper
segmental arch. Four-centred arched doorways. Moulded cornice. Stone staircase at
the south end. One upper room has a plaster overmantel with fluted pilasters and
the date 1633. A second overmantel has tapering columns. A third plaster overmantel
was covered at the time of re-survey. Sources: Mark Girouard 'Robert Smythson & The
Elizabethan Country House' pp276-7.

Listing NGR: SK4764577296

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545260

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)