Description

ADMINGTON

SP14NE Admington Hall
1912-1/5/1
06/02/52
(Formerly Listed as:
ADMINGTON
Admington Hall)
(Formerly Listed as:
ADMINGTON
Gate Piers at Admington Hall)

GV II*

Mansion. C17 refronted c1800. Limestone ashlar; slate roofs.
Georgian style front. Double-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 6-window range. Plinth; 1st floor sill
band; top modillioned cornice and parapet. Entrance to right
of centre has distyle-in-antis Tuscan porch with probably
later infill with paired glazed doors and side sashes. Windows
to ground floor have sills and architraves, friezes and
pediments to 6/6 sashes; windows to 1st floor are similar, but
with cornices and 3/6 sashes, tripartite window above entrance
has 2/4:3/6:2/4 sashes; 2nd floor has windows with architraves
and 3/3 sashes, tripartite window over entrance with
2/2:3/3:2/2 sashes. Hipped and gabled roofs with stone
cross-axial stacks. French windows and stuccoed 2-storey wing
to left return.
Right return has continuous hoodmoulds to ground and 1st
floors; inserted entrance and 3- plus 3-light ovolo-mullioned
window with leaded glazing, one with diamond panes; 1st floor
has 9-pane sash to left of blocked window.
Rear is 2-storey with gabled dormers and 3-storey bay to left
end; entrance in hipped porch with rounded angles to
ovolo-moulded opening and heavy plank door; ground floor has 3
3- plus 3-light ovolo-mullioned windows; 1st floor has 4 2-
plus 2-light windows with smaller 2-light window to right end;
top floor has 3-light window and 3 gabled dormers with 2-light
windows and coped gables with finials; 2-storey C19 brick wing
to right end has single-storey service wing with datestone: M
C/ 1813 (Michael Corbet).
INTERIOR: hall has segmental arch across centre and some
panelling; Adam-style fireplace; open-well ashlar staircase,
probably originally in open court, has cantilevered moulded
steps and enriched iron balusters. Some C19 fireplaces and
panelling. Kitchen has large broadly chamfered beam, the end
over king mullion of window, and large stone fireplace with
bressumer extending over cupboard.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth:
1966-: 59).

Listing NGR: SP1979445710

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551948

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
• 
  Old House Care and Repair