Description

SD 734 426 WADDINGTON

SD 74 SW

10/137 Waddow Hall 16.11.1954 - II Large house, late C18th with early C17th remains. Pebbledashed rubble with slate roof. 2 storeys with attics, the south facade having a continuous dormer added after the house was acquired by the Girl Guide Association in 1927. Main block of 5 bays with projecting quoins, moulded cornice, and parapet. The Windows have architraves and are sashed, the lower panes having no glazing bars. The doorway, reached by 4 steps, has a semi-circular head having a fanlight with radiating glazing bars, and is flanked by Tuscan pilasters with broken fluted entablature and open pediment with mutules. The attic storey is of 5 bays having similar windows, but with plain stone surrounds. Set back slightly to the left are a further 4 bays, with projecting quoins, sill bands, and a string course. The windows are similar to those of the rest of the facade, but have plain stone surrounds. The attic storey is of 5 bays; 4 axial chimney caps are set back from the ridge, with a 5th chimney on the left-hand gable. Towards the rear both gables- have copings of C17th type. At the rear of the main house a section of continuous drip course remains, truncated by a tall stair window with plain stone surround and semi-circular head. To its right is a 4-light mullioned window with outer chamfer and inner hollow chamfer, partly reconstructed. Interior. The left-hand front room of the main block has a plaster cornice, fluted frieze and band of festoons. The doors of the 2 front rooms are of early-to-mid C19th type, having flat panels with raised mouldings forming a border, The rear hall contains a flying stair with stick balusters and swept handrail. 2 moulded main joists are exposed, possibly C17th. A C17th decorated lintel, having a central device of a head flanked by wings, is re-used over a fireplace. On the flat floor of the western part of the house are hardwood main Ceiling joists, not chamfered and only of moderate scantling. These are also said to be part of an earlier house. A painting of 1690 hanging in the house shows a building with early C17th details, and proportions similar to those of the present house.

Listing NGR: SD7348442679

External Links

• Waddow Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7959005

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)