Waldridge Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1967. A C18 Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Waldridge Hall Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- worn-wall-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a large farmhouse with a rear wing dating to the 18th century and a main block added around 1796, likely by David Stephenson. The farmhouse is constructed from coursed rubble, with rendered patches on the first floor of the main block. It has Welsh slate roofs and rebuilt brick chimney stacks, arranged in an L-shaped layout.
The main block is two storeys and six bays wide. A small, tetrastyle Tuscan porch fronts the house. Two partly-glazed doors are set within the porch. Flanking these are 12-pane sash windows, set within flat-faced surrounds with projecting sills. Above are elongated 18-pane sash windows in identical surrounds. Four delicate cast-iron balconies are positioned on the first-floor windows on either side of the centre. An eaves cornice features short returns, and a low parapet has a stepped centre with an urn. The roof has coped gables with end stacks. The original, two-storey rear wing has been altered.
Inside the main block, original features include six-panel doors within wooden architraves, a three-flight open-well staircase with column-on-vase balusters, and a staircase hall ceiling with a modillion cornice. A brick porch on the rear wing and a later addition to the rear of the main block are not considered to be of particular architectural interest.
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