Description

SJ 46 SW SAIGHTON C.P. CHAPEL LANE
(East side)

3/171 Abbey Gate College
(formerly Saighton
Grange), the main block
except the gatehouse

GV II

House (now the main block of Abbeygate College), the right wing 1861
by Edward Hodkinson for 2nd Marquis of Westminster and the front wing
built or extended 1876 for the 1st Duke. The Hall immediately behind
the Gatehouse (q.v.) may be earlier C19. Red sandstone with roofs of
banded shaped tiles. The 2-storey front wing, with 2 bays left of the
Gatehouse and 3 right, of Tudor character has battlements,
crow-stepped gables and tall chimneys with circular flues on weathered
plinths. Windows with concave bevelled mullions and transomes and
moulded reveals have large-pane wooden casements. Shaped framed and
boarded oak door on ornate wrought iron hinges. The right wing (2
storeys) has 3 stone-fronted gables to half dormers on inner face
and 3-storey cross-gabled terminal, left. Four tall ridge chimneys
have round flues on weathered plinths. Large-pane timber casements;
hollow-bevelled mullions and transomes and double-bevelled reveals.
The hall (front wing) has Gothick double doors each of 3 panels, under
a moulded arch. Ionic surrounds to 2 inlaid 6-panel doors, left;
U-shaped stone stair with square iron balusters and a grooved handrail
of hardwood, rear; Ionic colonnades of 2 columns and 2 end pilasters
to each storey, right. Over the stairwell is a circular rooflight
with 12 radial bars separated by segmental bars at circumference set
in a plaster ceiling of square recessed panels.

Listing NGR: SJ4431261811

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Saighton Grange at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7400056

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