Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 29/09/2011

SP 19 SW 4/4
5104
25.4.52

CHESTER ROAD
Erdington B23
Pype Hayes Hall

(Formerly listed as Pype Hayes House)

II

In Pype Hayes Park. Late C18/early C19 stucco refacing of house of C17 timber
framed origin. Considerably altered in late C19 and C20. Two storeys and
attic. Advanced flanking gabled wings largely remodelled with stone gables
and clustered chimney stacks. Parapet coping to front of main rage with behind
a serried row of 11 gabled and bargeboarded purely decorative dormers. Four
tiered 5-light mullioned-transomed bay windows and 2 cross-mullioned casements
with hood moulds, all with lattice glazings and late C18. Stucco porch with
pediment on Tuscan columns, rusticated architrave surround to doorway. The
interior has been much altered and there is very little apparent evidence
of the timber frame. Reset elements of panelling and owned C17 overmantel.
Part of the staircase may be Jacobean. Robert Southey came here to work
on his biography of Cowper.

Listing NGR: SP1292492161

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Pype Hayes Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7263191

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6