Description

SJ 46 NE TARVIN C.P. HIGH STREET
(South Side)

2/61 Tarvin Hall

1/3/1967

GV II*

Formerly manor house, later school, now house: mid-late C18 (graffito
date 1776 found during roof repairs) late C19 extension to rear.
Flemish bond orange brick with painted stone dressings. Hipped Welsh
slate roof of 2 parallel ranges. Brick chimneys. Double-pile plan.
3-storey symmetrical 3-bay east front. Moulded stone plinth, band at
1st floor and modillion cornice. End bays have Venetian windows on
lower 2 floors with fine gauged and rubbed brick heads, semi-circular
headed sashes above (all have lost glazing bars) central bay projects
forward slightly under a low pediment. Ground storey stuccoed with
Tuscan doorcase. 4-panelled door with a semi-circular fanlight and
scrolled glazing bars that breaks the pediment. 1st floor window has
a partial balustrade below an eared architrave with semi-circular
head and a raised key block to plain sash. 4-pane sash above. Small
1-storey portion to the right carries a similar balustrade and
contains a 12-pane sash. To left side are 2 added canted bays and
extension to rear in Ruabon brick.
Interior: Hall has panelled dado and simple wooden doorcases. Broad
elliptical arch with panelled soffits on fluted pilasters leads to
stairwell. Oak well staircase with curving mahogany handrail and
fluted square balusters. Pierced and fluted brackets on open string,
painted panelled dado with fluted pilasters on closed string.
6-panelled door flanked by quarter columns to rock cut cellar.
Downstairs later basalt and marble fireplaces. Shouldered architraves
to doors upstairs. Main room has Neo-Classical detailing. Doorcases
have frieze of husks, broken pediments with central urn. Panelled
dado carries fluted Corinthian pilasters. Ceiling frieze of husks and
an ovolo and modillion cornice. Blocked fireplace with shouldered
architrave.

The house formerly extended to left via a 1 storey portion to a large
end pavilion with a lantern. The same decorative details were carried
through.

Listing NGR: SJ4895266951

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17552006

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House