Description

SK 64 NW
1569/5/163
15.7.85

WOODBOROUGH
BANK HILL
(East side)
Woodborough Hall

II*

House. c1660. For Philip Lacock. Remodelled and enlarged c1850 by T C Hine for Mansfield Parkyns. Brick, rendered, with hipped slate roof. Ashlar dressings. Rendered plinth. 2 ridge and 2 side wall brick stacks. 3 storeys, 4 bays. Square plan. Windows are mullioned and transomed casements with Gothick glazing bars. Ground and first floor windows have hoodmoulds. South front has central chamfered round-headed doorway flanked by 2 casements. Above, 4 casements. Above again, 4 smaller casements. East end has a casement and to right, door with late C20 timber porch. Above, 3 casements, the central one smallest. Above again, a central casement. West end has to left, external stack. To right, single bay lean-to feature with slab roof and 2 flanking buttresses. Central blocked round-headed door. Above, 2 casements. Above again, 2 smaller casements. In return angle, small lean-to addition. Rear elevation has off-centre single and 2-storey additions, raised late C20. To their right, single storey service range, mid C19, brick with slate roof, 5 bays. Above, central transomed 3-light casement with round heads, flanked by single casements. Above, 3 casements. Above again, 3 smaller casements. INTERIOR has fine quality late C17 interiors. Entrance hall has chamfered stone fireplace with carved wooden surround with flanking fluted Doric pilasters and 2 large boxed-in beams. Dining room to right has similar fireplace with fluted Ionic pilasters and raised and fielded overmantel. Panelling to walls probably mid C 19, ornate wooden buffet carved by Mansfield Parkyns. Very fine dog-leg staircase with carved scroll balusters, square newel posts with carved swags, vases and pendant drops. Matching dado rail with similar balusters, newels and vases. Top landing has single tall door surround topped with broken pediment, either side round arches with carved panels. Central bedroom has another fine fireplace with very ornate carved surround of fluted Corinthian pilasters and carved frieze.

Listing NGR: SK6251247758

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17547484

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)