Ollerton Hall

OLLERTON MAIN STREET SK 66 NE (west side) 3/60 Ollerton Hall 7.8.52 G.V. II*

Country house. c.1700. Brick with ashlar dressings. Hipped plain tile roof. Moulded ashlar plinth, stone and brick first floor bands, dentillated timber eaves, ridge and 4 gable stacks. 2 storeys plus garrets, H-plan. 11 bays arranged 2/7/2. Windows are glazing bar sashes with moulded panelled architraves and sills. Similar windows in wings and at rear have rubbed brick heads. North front has central 3 bays stepped forward and flanked by single giant pilasters. Central classical doorcase has panelled eared architrave and reeded curved brackets to segmental pediment. To left, 3 sashes and to right, 2 sashes and a blocked opening. Above, 6 sashes and to right, blocked opening. Above again, a flat roofed dormer. East wing has to north a C19 doorway and a casement. Above, single sash and a blocked opening. West wing has to left a sash and above, a sash and a blocked opening. East return angle has to left, 2 small casements and to right a moulded ashlar doorway. West return angle has, above, 2 blocked openings. East front has to left, blocked opening and to right, 6 boarded sashes. Above, the same arrangement. Above again, 2 flat roofed dormers with sashes. West front has to left 4 boarded sashes, and to right, door with overlight and beyond, 2 sashes. Above, blocked opening to left and 6 sashes. Above again, 3 leaded gabled dormers with sashes. South front has symmetrical projecting bays with eaves bands and coped gables. Off-centre doorway with panelled architrave, flanked to left by 5 sashes and to right by blocked opening and a sash. Above, to left, 5 sashes, and to their right, 2 blocked openings. Beyond, C19 sash on different level, and beyond again, a sash. Interior has fine early C18 framed stair with vase and stem balusters in poor state of repair. Arrangedround square flagged well.

Listing NGR: SK6504665689