Description

SK 18 54 PARISH OF PARWICH SMITHY LANE
10/97 (North Side)

5.2.1952 The Hall

GV II*

House. c1747, incorporating earlier fragments, c1910 and 1931. Rubble
limestone and red brick with sandstone dressings. Hipped slate roofs, gabled
to the north. Two brick ridge stacks, two gable end stacks and a brick external
stack. Three storeys plus a basement. South elevation - brick with stone
dressings, the main block above a stone basement. Main block of five bays, the
centre bay advanced. Projecting quoins to central bay and to outer bays.
Moulded stone eaves cornice. Basement with four 2-light square section flush
mullion windows. Ground floor with central doorway with moulded stone surround,
coving and rusticated pilasters and cornice. Six-panelled door, the top four
panels raised and fielded. Rectangular overlight with fanlight tracery. Curved
flight of nine stone steps with wrought iron railings. Flanked on each side by
two windows with segmental heads and moulded stone surrounds. C19 casement.
Five similar, but smaller, windows above and above again. The central first floor
window with a pediment. Central pedimented gable flush with the main wall surface
and slightly wider than the centre bay. Service wing to the west, of three bays.
Ground and first floor c1905, three plain sashes to ground floor, segmental
arched casement windows above. Top floor added in 1931 with three windows with
flat heads, with stone lintels and sills. East elevation of four bays with windows
similar to those on the south side. The windows to the two left hand bays are all
blocked. North elevation - rubble limestone with two brick gables of low pitch.
Irregular fenestration, including a tall round-arched glazing bar sash with
moulded stone surround. Above, a glazing bar sash with stone surround, of which
the upper half is the remains of a C17 2-light recessed chamfer mullion window.
In the basement in what are now internal walls, are two 2-light recessed chamfer
mullion windows; also a chimney lintel dated TS 1792. Interior mainly late C18
and early C19. Late C18 chimneypiece in the dining room. Very fine mid-C18
chimneypiece in hall, and a good contemporary staircase.

Listing NGR: SK1863854606

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Parwich Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7141398

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