Description

SJ 46 NW HOOLE VILLAGE C.P. HOOLE ROAD
(South Side)

5/13 Hoole Hall

29/3/1982

GV II

Large house: c.1760 for Rev.John Baldwin with extension and some
alterations for the Hamilton family. Flemish bond plum brick with
stone dressings, Welsh slate roof, hipped around a well. 7 ridge
chimneys. Square in plan with added servants wing. 2-storey,
symmetrical, 5-bay west front. Stone plinth, rusticated quoins, band
at 1st floor, moulded cornice and blocking course. Central 3 bays on
a rusticated plinth are under a triangular pediment, containing an
heraldic cartouche. Sashes without glazing bars in stone architraves,
and a central projecting Tuscan porch carrying a balustrade and
containing a 6-panelled door with a triangular pediment. Similar
windows in other bays. Canted 2-storey bay window on south front,
and two 2-storey segmental bays with plain columns on the north front.
Interior: not inspected but recent photographs show good plasterwork
in the well over oak staircase, consisting of a modillion cornice over
a semi-circular arcade with panelled coving above with scrolled fronds
in the field. Further cornice above. Some other rooms retain simple
Georgian decoration, and one with Romanesque detailing.

Listing NGR: SJ4303668040

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Hoole Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5898190

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2