Description

SK 52 SE BURTON ON THE WOLDS MAIN STREET
1/27 Burton Hall

II

Hall, late C18 - mid C19. 3 storeys with low pitched roof. Cement rendered.
Externally very plain, with small openings for sash windows. Entrance front
much altered, main block forming a shallow L plan, filled in with single
storey portion of c1930, and a projecting entrance hall with shallow porch
on 4 Tuscan columns. Door has reeded case and an overlight. The only other
ornamentation is a moulded eaves cornice. Garden front in 3 parts, to the
left, 2 bays, then a single bay projection, then a further 3 bays project.
To the right of these, a single storey wing with 2 canted bay windows.

Attached Outbuildings include a tiled octagonal and domed dairy and a small gothic
chapel now derelict and rooless. Interior is much altered but some rooms, e.g.
ante room, drawing room and dining room on ground floor retain their original
character with Greek motifs on plaster cornices of 1820s-30s, doorcases and
fireplaces.

Listing NGR: SK5901320968

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26643141

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