Wales Court Comprising The Manor, Wales Place, Wales House And The Mews is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1992. House. 2 related planning applications.

Wales Court Comprising The Manor, Wales Place, Wales House And The Mews

WRENN ID
idle-clay-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rotherham
Country
England
Date first listed
15 December 1992
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

This is a small country house, now divided into four separate residences, with construction dating back to 1629 and subsequent alterations in the late 18th century, around 1870, and in the 20th century. The building is primarily sandstone ashlar, with painted render on some sections, and has concrete tile roofs and six white brick chimney stacks.

The main southwest block features a very steeply pitched roof, a first-floor band, sill bands, and moulded eaves. It has two storeys, with plain sash or similar casement windows throughout. The south front presents a single window alongside a pair of windows, with two windows above. At each corner stands a circular tower, each with three windows on both floors, topped by octagonal copper spires. The west front has an off-centre, two-storey square bay window with a hipped roof; it contains two windows on each floor. To the right is a single window on each floor. A slightly projecting two-storey section features a pediment containing a blocked doorway with a heraldic datestone inscribed "1629." Below this are a glazed doorway and a tripartite window. Above are two windows and a tripartite window. The northwest corner has a two-storey canted bay window topped by a lower octagonal copper spire, with three windows on each floor.

The east entrance front displays a projecting single-storey porch with a moulded door surround, a six-panel door with side lights and overlight, and to the right, a single window and a pair of windows. Above are two windows, and to the right, a 20th-century window, above which a large stair window is located. The northeast range, now painted, has a two-storey canted bay window with three windows on each floor. A 20th-century glazed doorway is positioned to the left, with a single window above. To the right are two windows on each floor, followed by a small canted bay window topped with an octagonal spire and a single window on the ground floor and three above. The east front exhibits a canted bay window with three windows on each floor and a 20th-century entrance to the left. A ground-floor addition above contains three windows. To the right is a lower wing with a lean-to verandah, followed by a doorway to the left and four windows to the right. Above are several glazing bar sashes.

Interiors feature notable elements. The former study contains an elaborate plaster frieze and ceiling, a wooden fire surround, and some panelling. The former dining room has a wooden fire surround, plaster coving, and a buffer arch. The former sitting room displays an elaborate fire surround and decorated plaster coving and ceiling. The former entrance hall retains original doors, a wooden fire surround housing a wooden staircase with reused 18th-century balustrade and a fine stained-glass window. Most rooms retain 19th-century doors and shutters. Originally, the house was built for the Duke of Leeds.

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