Description

CROOK AND WILLINGTON HIGH STREET
NZ 1431
(North side)
Witton-le-Wear
41/27 Witton Tower
17/4/52
GV II*

House and possible chapel. Medieval with additions and alterations in C17, C18
and C19. Thin courses of sandstone rubble, pink in places, with ashlar dressings
and quoins; plinth. Roofs of stone flags and Welsh slate with stone and brick
chimneys. Irregular plan. 3-storey, one-bay tower with 2-storey, 2-bay left
wing and 3-storey, 3-bay right wing; 2-storey, one-bay link at left to so-called
chapel breaking forward. Tudor-arched surround to door at right of tower in
c.1900 glazed porch; windows of varying types and sizes, those in tower with
stone-mullioned flat-Tudor-headed lights, those at left of tower cross-type on
ground floor, 16-pane sash and Y-glazing barred sash above, those in right wing
sashes with glazing bars in Tudor-arched surrounds; most have drip or label
moulds; right wing has strings on upper floors interrupted by windows. Left
link to chapel has 2-light stone-mullioned ground-floor window; upper window
obscured by ivy. 'Chapel' has 3-light window under 2-centred-arched drip mould
with round stops; small lancet above and belfry in front gable peak. Tower has
high coped parapet on string, and central stone chimney stack with tapered
yellow pots; brick stacks at right and at outer ends of wings. Interior not
inspected.

Listing NGR: NZ1435431320

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17536527

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Recommended Books

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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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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey