Description

SJ 31 SW WOLLASTON C.P. -

4/147 Winnington Hall
-

- II

Shown on O.S. map as Upper Winnington.
Farmhouse. Probably early C17 with C18 alterations and thorough C19
remodelling dated 1849. Red brick incorporating timber framed core;
slate roof. H-plan; 3-bay hall range aligned approximately north-
east/south-west with projecting gabled cross-wings (south-west wing
flush at rear). 2-storey hall range with 2-storey and attic cross-
wings. North-west front: deep eaves to central range, and dentil
brick eaves cornices and verges to cross-wings; brick ridge stacks off
centre to left and right and lateral brick stack to right-hand cross-
wing. 1:3:1 window front; 2-and 3-light segmental-headed wooden
casements; roughly central 6-panelled door (lower 2 panels flush and
top panels glazed) and gabled brick porch with depressed chamfered
arch and datestone. 2-window left-hand return front with inserted
C20 garage door to left. Interior: ground-floor room in cross-wing
to right has ceiling with chamfered cross-beams and chamfered joists
with run-out stops, and timber framed square-panelled wall with
blocked chamfered ogee-arched doorrway; other rooms have chamfered
beams with ogee stops; 2 large open fireplaces in kitchen; C17 dog-
leg staircase with landings in right-hand cross-wing: rising to attic
with panelled closed string, pierced splat balusters, moulded handrail,
and square newel posts with incised fleur-de-lys decoration and large
finials with pyramidal decoration (C20 treads and risers); probably
re-set or introduced C17 staircase rising from the first floor to attic
in left-hand cross-wing: landing balustrade has rectangular section
shaped balusters (some replaced) with pyramidal decoration, and square
top newel post with incised fleur-de-lys decoration and large finial
with pyramidal and raised heart decoration; panelled and boarded doors
with L-shaped hinges. Some of the frame-posts appear to survive,
encased within later alterations. C19 roofs throughout, centre range
with machine-sawn king-post trusses. There is known to have been a
house on this site since at least 1543 when it was occupied by the
Williams family but it does not seem to have been known as Winnington
Hall until c.1614. A circular brick dovecote was built to the north-
west of the house shortly before 1765 but it was demolished some time
after 1914. V.C.H. Vol. VIII, pp. 194-5.

Listing NGR: SJ3114810413

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26306811

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair