Packington Manor House

PACKINGTON MILL STREET SK 31 SE 5/66 No. 22 (Packington Manor House) GV II House of 1703 with alterations. Red brick, chequered brick bands, and plain tile roof with 3 projecting end stacks. Front rendered. T plan, wing projecting to rear. 3 storeys to front, 2 to rear. 5 2-light mullion and transom windows on 1st floor with 3 2-light casements above and 2 similar 2-lights below right and C19 bay below left. Central doorcase with 2 stone Tuscan columns supporting canopy and 4-panelled part glazed door. C20 extension to right. Left end has narrow casements and sashes on all floors either side of projecting stack of which top part is rebuilt. 2 blocked attic bull's eye windows. To rear the 3 window wing with gauged brick lintels has 5 x 3 pane staircase window with 3/3 above and 2 6/6 sashes both floors to left. Rear has similar narrow sashes either side of projecting stack with 6/6 further left above renewed window. 2 blocked bull's eye windows in gable. An unusual feature is that the chequered band breaks-forward over the prominent brick keystones to make a single element. This occurs to side and rear, and partly on front, though here rendered. Interior: arch in hall has impost stones and keystone with 1703 incised on latter, early C18 oak staircase with turned balusters, 6-panelled doors, and some chamfered ceiling beams.

Listing NGR: SK3584914715