Description

WHITTINGTON B6254(off)
SD 57 SE

4/206 Newton Hall

GV II

House, rebuilt probably in 1880s, probably by Paley and Austin. Sandstone
rubble with roofs mainly of slate.; 2 storeys. Main (south-east) front has
a projecting wing at the left and a gabled projection at the right.
Between them is a 2-storey porch. Above the ground-floor windows is a drip
course. Above this course both the porch and the right-hand projection
oversail. The windows are mullioned, some chamfered, some rebated and
chamfered. Their spacing is not completely regular, a result of the
conversion of an earlier house. To the left of the porch are windows of 2
and 4 lights, with 3 ones of 2 lights on the lst floor. To the right is
one bay which has a cross window on the ground floor and one of 2 lights
above. The right-hand gabled projection has 3 adjacent cross windows on
the ground floor and a 4-light window above. The right-hand return wall of
the left-hand wing has a 4-light window on each floor, the lst floor one
under a gable. The 1st floor window of the porch is of 3 lights. The
chamfered doorway has a carved shield of arms over the lintel: both are
enclosed by a hood. The gables have copings with finials. Chimneys on
right-hand gable and on gable of left-hand wing have projecting stacks.
Further chimneys to right of porch and between porch and left-hand wing.
Re-set on the west side of the house and used as a window is a moulded
door architrave with lintel inscribed: '16 ONI 78'. Set into the west wall
of a wing at the rear of the house is a stone inscribed: '1886 NNA'.
Inside, there is a fireplace with a wooden surround in a C17th style,
dated 'l886'. A room in the wing projecting at the west side of the front
has built-in cupboards of re-used panelling, incorporating inscriptions:
'NB 1600'; 'IB 1712'; 'RF 1650'.

Listing NGR: SD5966474761

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458861

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)