Description

BAKEWELL

SK2168 BAGSHAW HILL
831-1/4/3 (North side)
13/03/51 Bagshaw Hall
(Formerly Listed as:
BAGSHAW HILL MAIN SECTION
(North side)
Bagshaw Hall (Conservative Club))

GV II*

Large house now offices, house and 3 flats. Dated 1684 with
early C17 range to rear and C19 side wing. Deeply-coursed
sandstone with ashlar dressings; earlier work in limestone
rubble with gritstone dressings; stone slate roofs.
EXTERIOR: 1684 part of 2 storeys with cellars and attic.
2:5:2-window range forming symmetrical front with gabled cross
wings; single-storey, 3-window range side wing on right.
Parallel early C17 wing to rear left. Main front: chamfered
plinth; large quoins.
Stone steps with iron handrails to central doorway having
bolection-moulded architrave and consoles to segmental
pediment dated '1684' on frieze.
2-light double-chamfered mullioned windows beneath continuous
dripmoulds; iron casements with horizontal glazing bars. First
floor centre has broad single-light window with moulded sill,
architrave and keystone. Crosswing gables: pedimented 2-light
windows to attic; coped parapets with ball finials. Centre has
balustrade with square balusters, dies with half-baluster
stops; ball finials. 3 gabled roof dormers flanked by ashlar
stacks to front slope.
C19 side wing: 2-light windows as main range; at junction is a
blocked doorway with keystone.
Right return: large external stack; gable with ball finials.
Left return: parapet with 2 gables then the lower gable of
early C17 range having 5-light mullioned windows to ground and
first floors; 3-light window to attic.
Side wall of this range has quoins to left of a later first
floor entrance; other end gable (to north) is splayed and has
deeply-moulded 3-light mullioned window to ground floor and
plainer 3-light window above.
INTERIOR: bolection-moulded fireplaces and wall panelling in
same style. Main entrance room with oak-panelled dado and
exposed ceiling beams with stopped chamfers. Painted C17
staircase has channelled newels, turned balusters and
deep-section handrail; ball finials and pendants.
Roof trusses with curved principal rafters.

Early C17 wing has principal-rafter trusses with diagonal
struts.

Listing NGR: SK2161568612

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Bagshaw Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17545669

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)