Description

TAMWORTH

SK20NW ASHBY ROAD, Amington
670-1/2/4 (South side)
22/07/53 Amington Hall

II*

House, now flats. c1810. Ashlar; with hipped slate roof and
ashlar stacks; brick rear wing. L-plan. Classical Revival
style. 2 storeys; 3-bay range, the central bay breaking
forward under pediment. Platt band over ground floor; top
cornice and blocking course. Entrance in bowed porch with
Tuscan aedicule and paired 2-panel doors with panel over;
flanking windows. Windows have 12-pane sashes, one with horns.
2 cross-axial stacks with cornices and gablets. Left return of
3 bays, one blind window. Right return of 7 bays, the central
3 bays forming full height bow with ashlar dome, which has
15-pane sashes, those to 1st floor with iron grilles; signs of
former verandah with swept roof. Rear has varied stacks and
windows with rubbed brick flat arches. 2-storey painted brick
rear wing, now 4 houses, has mid C19 windows, most with C20
top-hung casements.
INTERIOR: entrance hall has panelled pilasters to porch and
early C19, or earlier, stained glass to windows, mostly
armorial; entablature has triglyph frieze with demi-goat
crests to metopes; round-headed inner entrance has fanlight
with decorative glazing bars; cantilever stair has
lattice-work iron balustrade, cornice to stair well with
Vitruvian scroll; some rooms have cornices and fireplaces.

Listing NGR: SK2300805758

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Amington Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4746414

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Recommended Books

• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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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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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback