Description

BRANT BROUGHTON AND STRAGGLETHORPE STRAGGLETHORPE LANE
SK 95 SW
(east side)
6/58 Stragglethorpe Hall
-
GV
II
Country house. C16 restored and greatly extended in 1912-14 by Biddulph Pinchard.
Close studded timber-framing with curved braces and coursed rubble with ashlar
dressings. Plain tile roof, with 4 external moulded stone stacks with set-offs,
a single moulded stone ridge stack, and 3 tall brick stacks. 2 storey plus
attic. Truncated H-plan with service wing to west. Main cross wing and north
front of service wing contain evidence of C16 house. Main south front has a
3 bay recessed centre, flanked by single bay gabled cross wings. The centre
has a stone ground floor with 3, 3-light chamfered mullioned windows, and timber
framing above with 3, 4-light projecting cross windows, and 3 triangular dormer
windows above with 3-light casements. The stone cross wings have coped gables
and quoins, with single 5-light chamfered cross windows on both floors with
single 3-light chamfered mullion windows above in the gables. To the west the
timber framed 2 storey service wing has an open loggia supported on wooden columns
on the ground floor, with irregular casements above and a gabled cross wing
to the west. The north entrance front, has a 3 bay centre with a 2 storey projecting
porch to the west and gabled cross wing to the east. The centre has a stone
ground floor with a central 4-light chamfered mullioned window, and timber framing
above with 3, 4-light cross windows, the central one projecting, above 3 triangular
dormers with 2-light casements. The porch to the east has a single 5-light
cross window on the ground floor and a single 4-light cross window on the jettied
upper floor with gable above. The 3 bay east front of the west cross wing has
a small doorway and 2 3-light chamfered cross windows, and above, 2 3-light
chamfered and mullioned windows and a single light window above the door. The
service wing to the west has an irregular 4 gabled, 2 storey stuccoed front.
Interior has a large C16 stone fimeplace in the hall, and an imported C17 staircase.

Listing NGR: SK9132552103

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Stragglethorpe Hall official website
• Wikidata Q26440793

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)