Description

SK 23 NE
2/60

PARISH OF TRUSLEY
MAIN STREET (West Side)
Trusley Old Hall and attached cottage and Village Hall

2.9.52

GV
II

Farmhouse and attached outbuildings, now two houses and a village hall. House early C17, rebuilt in mid C18 and refurbished 1945-7 and again in 1985. Farm buildings mid C19, converted in 1945-7. Red brick with brick dressings and plain tile roofs, that to house very steeply pitched and with brick gable stacks, also with large early C17 stone quoined external brick stack to west and stone coped gables.

House, two storeys plus attics, and three bays, plus L range of converted outbuildings attached to north, two bays of which have been incorporated into the house. Main elevation of house has three tall glazing bar sashes under segment heads, sashes installed in 1985. Above, three further glazing bar sashes in original segment headed openinqs. Above, central roof dormer with hipped roof and sash windows. To either side of elevation, two square gutters with cast iron hopper heads decorated with painted Coke coat of arms and dated 1902, re-used from Trusley Manor. Attached to north a single storey c1945 bay with re-used C18 doorcase facing south, attached to east of which is a pair of re-used C19 wrought iron gates in C18 style.

To north are the former farm buildings, the north range of which has been converted into the Village Hall. This has a blank wall to ground floor and above two three-light windows either side of tall three-light window in half dormer. Attached to west is the other range which has five cross-casement windows to ground floor with two four-centred arched doors to north and one glazed door to south. Above, three two-light casement windows below the eaves and two hipped roofed half dormers. Single storey range attached to east of Village Hall not included in the listing.

Interior of the house all c1945 in Georgian style, except for the two fireplaces belonging to the early C17 stack, first floor one with ovolo moulded edge and ground floor one with a simple chamfer, and also re-used C16 overmantle.

Interior of Village Hall has C17 panelling re-used from Kirkby Hall, Nottingham.

Listing NGR: SK2531935470

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26619201

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)