Description

PITCHFORD C.P. PITCHFORD
SJ 5204 - 5304
SJ 52725 04117
12/143 Tree house approx. 100
metres to south-
west of Pitchford
4.77
Hall (formerly
listed as Tree House
at Pitchford Hall)
GV I

Tree house. Late C17, remodelled in mid-C18, and restored in mid-to late
C20. Timber framed with rendered infil panels; pyramidal plain tile
roof with finials. Small cubic single cell structure in the branches
of an old lime tree; C18 remodelling in a Gothick style.
Framing: tall rectangular panels and long straight tension braces; corner
posts with shaped pendants. 2-light ogee-headed wooden casements to
north, west and south, and ogee-headed half-glazed door to east. C20
dog-leg wooden staircase from north. Interior with C18 plasterwork,
moulded dado rail, moulded architraves with brackets, clustered corner
shafts with stiff-leaf capitals; coved frieze with lozenge and quatrefoil
motifs and arcaded coving above; ceiling has central female mask with
extending rays set within a circular panel. There are some late C20
supports to the tree house and tree. Mid-C20 photographs show the tree
house stuccoed with rusticated quoins, probably dating from the mid-C18
remodelling, and contemporary with the openings and interior decoration.

Listing NGR: SJ5272504117

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26303965

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