British Listed Buildings

Listing Text

BRAUNSTONE
1.
5304
Braunstone Hall
SK 50 SE 17/158 23.2.55
II GV
2.
Late C18. Rainwater-head dated 1776. Entrance front, three storeys,
five windows, sashes with glazing bars, flat brick arches. Centre slightly
recessed full hieght under round headed arch. Double stone band over
ground floor, stone band over first floor. Central windows have moulded
stone architraves, the top one cambered headed, and the first floor one
with frieze and cornice. Stone sills. Stone modillioned cornice and
blocking course. Hipped slate roof. Plinth. Central stone doorcase
feature in three bays, the centre one having three-quarter columns with
fluted caps and semi-circular arch enclosing panelled door with ornamental
fanlight, outer bays with narrow sash windows with attached three-quarter
outer piers in suite with the central columns. Triglyph frieze, mutule
cornice and pediment. Side elevation similar general character; two projecting
chimney breasts each; the west side with a later three-storey wing. Park
front, as entrance front, no central recess. The centre window on each
floor has a moulded stone architrave, that on first floor with frieze
and cornice, the top floor cased, and the ground floor with a central
doorcase with architrave and pediment. Wing set back to right dated 1911,
two sash windows, three storeys, similar general style, stone modillioned
cornice and blocking course, hipped slate roof. Set in landscaped park.
Engravings in Nicholls "History of Leicestershire". Interior: hall with
marble. Ionic columns, contemporary staircase with iron balusters. Ground
floor room with moulded cornice, frieze, and fireplace, doorcases with
carved cornices and friezes. Brick vaulted cellar.

Braunstone HAll, the Kitchen Wing and Stables form a group.


Listing NGR: SK5578003334

Source: English Heritage

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