Description

MIDDLETON MIDDLETON
NU 03 NE
2/166 Middleton Hall
22.12.69
GV II
Country house, now divided into 5 units. 1871 for Col. Leather. West wing
added 1925. Rock-faced stone with graduated Lakeland slate roof. Irregular
plan; Tudor style. 2 and 3 storeys, 8 irregular bays.
In 3rd bay balustraded steps to 6-panel 2-leaf door with fanlight, in porch
with heavily-rusticated columns, dentil cornice and parapet with semicircular
pediment bearing cartoucheand flanked by obelisk finials. Cross-gabled
flanking bays break forward slightly from wall face and have large mullioned-
and-transomed windows with 4-centred heads to lights. Projecting left bay has
canted bay window with pierced parapet and similar windows. Steeply-pitched
gabled roofs with flat, coping and ball finials. Tall, ridge and end stacks
of 2-, 3- and 4-conjoined octagonal shafts.
Lower west wing in similar style.
Interior not seen. Said to have largely contemporary fittings. West wing
remodelled internally c.1935 using material from Haggerston Castle.

Listing NGR: NU0945835484

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Middleton Hall at Wikipedia
• Middleton Hall official website
• Wikidata Q16935397

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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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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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings