Description

SJ 98 SW ADLINGTON C.P. MILL LANE
(South Side)

3/26 Nos 1-8 Adlington Hall Mews
(formerly listed as
Outbuildings at Adlington
14/4/1967 Hall)

GV II*

Formerly coach house and stables, now 8 flats: dated 1749 for Charles
Legh and converted 1971-4. Flemish bond red brick with ashlar buff
sandstone dressings. Kerridge stone-slate hipped roof, stone ridge.
2-storey symmetrical 9-bay south front. Stone band at ground storey
sill level and a modillion cornice. Central 3 bays step forward under
a triangular pediment and are divided by giant order Tuscan pilasters,
supporting plain stone frieze. Central large semi-circular headed
coach entrance has keystone with datestone and Legh monogram. Bays to
either side have 6-pane windows under flat wedged channelled heads
below, 4-pane above. Circular light in stone surround in pediment.
Similar 4 and 6-pane windows in remaining bays except for 2 with iron
balconies. Motifs continue in short ranges to rear. There is a
mounting block of 4 stone steps and a brick core in front of coach
entrance.

This was the earliest of Charles Legh's classical brick buildings and
dominates the old south approach which ran from the Pillars (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SJ9054980441

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q85180884

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