Description

HURWORTH THE GREEN
NZ 3010 (South side)

17/95 No. 50
6/6/52 (The Old Hall)

GV II*

House. Mid C18 with C19 alterations and additions. Narrow brick with stone
dressings, entrance front in header bond, garden front in Flemish bond.
Welsh slate roof with brick chimney stacks. Main block double-depth plan
under 2-span roof.

Entrance front: 3-storey, 5-bay main block with recessed 3-storey end bays
and single-storey, 2-bay pavilion on left return. Raised-and-chamfered
quoins. Central 6-panel door and fanlight in pedimented Roman Ionic surround
with engaged columns. Windows in eared-and-shouldered architraves: 12-pane
sashes on ground and first floors; square 6-pane sashes on second floor.
Sun Co. fire-insurance mark above central first-floor window. Modillion
eaves cornice of wood. Roof has coped gables, shaped kneelers and end stacks.
End bays: 8- and 4-pane sashes in identical architraves, modillion eaves
cornice, hipped roofs. Pavilion has stone plinth, raised-and-chamfered
quoins, two 12-pane sashes in eared architraves and a hipped roof.

Garden front on sloping site: main block 3 storeys plus basement, 5 bays and
recessed end bays; 2-storey pavilion at right. Details as for entrance front
(except central replaced door, in pedimented Roman Ionic surround, approached
via swept flight of 9 steps with a cast-iron wreathed-and-ramped handrail
on ornamental balusters; and square 6-pane sashes in flat-faced surrounds on
basement). Tall rebuilt end stacks on main block; pavilion has blocked
basement windows.

Interior altered in late C19-early C20.

Listing NGR: NZ3055410107

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Old Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7754849

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)