The Old Mansion House

The Old Mansion House is a building dating from the 17th century or earlier, with 18th and 19th century additions and alterations. Originally a single building, it is now divided into three separate houses located on Church Street North in Whittington. It was likely the main facade of a house that originally faced south. The eastern portion of the building now forms No. 15, featuring a main 19th-century facade facing east. A schoolroom, previously a Dame School, was added to the south facade in the late 18th or early 19th century. The building is constructed of coursed stone with a coped plinth and has a slate roof with a small central gable. The east facade has two storeys and three late 19th-century sash windows, each with stuccoed voissoirs over plain stone lintels. A centre door is set within a plain stone architrave. The south facade displays a fine 17th-century stone doorcase with two windows (one blocked) and dripstone moulds. A rear wing contains a 17th-century staircase and a former external wall with a blocked window. Inside No. 15, there is a 17th-century door and 18th/early 19th century six-panelled doors. A stone fireplace reveals a buried floor of stone flags. A chamfered beam extends through Nos. 11 and 9 to the west, and is said to have formerly been part of servants’ quarters. Nos. 11 and 9 each have two storeys and two windows, with modern casements on the south side. No. 11 includes a low rear wing with a stone slab roof, a coped gable end, and a chimney. This wing features 17th-century windows with dripstone moulds and a very low ground floor now used as a cellar.