Titlington Hall

Titlington Hall is a house rebuilt in 1824 for W.M. Pawson, as indicated by an inscription on the north-west corner quoin. It is constructed of tooled-and-margined stone, with a right return and rear of roughly-squared stone with tooled-and-margined dressings. The roof is covered in blue slate.

The main house is two storeys high and has a 2+1+2 bay front. It features a chamfered plinth, rusticated quoins, a moulded eaves cornice, and a blocking course. The slightly-projecting centre has an altered flush-panelled front door with a two-pane overlight, framed by plain pilasters carrying a frieze and cornice. Above the door are two four-pane sash windows. Antefixae decorate the blocking course. The flanking bays contain early 20th-century six-pane casements on the ground floor with four-pane sashes above. All the windows are within architraves, with the ground floor windows having plain aprons that extend down to the plinth. A small, inserted window with a rusticated lintel is located near the right end of the house. To the far right is a single-storey section with a renewed 12-pane sash window. The two-bay left return displays similar window fenestration, while the rear elevation includes a large arched stair window with renewed glazing and a slightly-projecting wing to the left.

The interior was only partially inspected, but features a two-bay screen with tall fluted columns at the foot of a geometrical staircase. The drawing room fireplace and some other features are said to have been brought from Lemington Hall.

A north-west corner quoin dated 1745 likely refers to a previous house on the site, which replaced a tower believed to have originally stood on what is now the front lawn. Evidence of the tower’s former location is suggested by occasional parch marks revealing a rectangular structure.