Description

NOTTINGHAM

SK54SE WOODTHORPE DRIVE
646-1/4/823 (South side (off))
22/08/94 Woodthorpe Grange

II

House, now offices. Late C18, 1874. Rock-faced sandstone and
ashlar with shallow pitched, hipped slate roofs and 7 stone
chimney stacks. T-plan, rear range late C18, reclad 1874,
front range added 1874.
EXTERIOR: quoins chamfered plinth, moulded first floor sill
band, moulded eaves topped with a balustrade. 2 storeys. West
garden front 3 windows, with recessed centre containing a
tripartite plain sash topped with a central segmental
pediment, and above a similar window in a plain ashlar
surround. Either side are 2-storey canted bay windows with
plain sashes and moulded ashlar surrounds. North front has a
single plain sash either side of an external stack on both
floors. To the left a larger sash and above a Venetian window
with moulded ashlar surround. Beyond to left a set back, lower
wing with plain sashes. South entrance front has a single
narrow sash either side of an external stack on both floors
with to the right a projecting porch with coupled pilasters
and a balustrade parapet. The doorway is round-headed with a
pair of double panel doors and plain fanlight. Set back to the
right the rear wing has a central plain sash flanked by
tripartite sashes on both floors.
INTERIOR completely refitted 1874. Entrance hall has glazed
wooden screen and inner screen with green marble Corinthian
columns and pilasters, Minton tile floor, dentillated coving,
Classical door surrounds and a single flight and return
staircase. The stair has an ornate iron balustrade with wooden
handrail. 3 reception rooms to west have linking segmental
arches, now blocked, deeply moulded coving, Classical
doorcases and fine grey marble fireplaces. Upper floors have
similar well preserved interior features including doorcases,
fireplaces and coving, some rooms also retain the corner boxes
for the gas ventilator system which vented through the ceiling
roses. The house is reputed to have been built for a local
lace manufacturer named Small.

Listing NGR: SK5834443433

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26546875

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)