Tree House Approximately 100 Metres To South West Of Pitchford Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1977. Tree house.

Tree House Approximately 100 Metres To South West Of Pitchford Hall

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Country
England
Date first listed
1 April 1977
Type
Tree house
OS grid reference
SJ 527 041
Coordinates
52.63276, -2.69994
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tree house, located approximately 100 metres southwest of Pitchford Hall, is a late 17th-century structure that was remodeled in the mid-18th century and restored in the mid-to-late 20th century. It features a timber frame with rendered infill panels and a pyramidal plain tile roof adorned with finials. This small cubic single-cell structure is situated within the branches of an old lime tree, showcasing a Gothick style from the 18th-century remodeling.

The framing includes tall rectangular panels and long straight tension braces, with corner posts that have shaped pendants. It has 2-light ogee-headed wooden casements on the north, west, and south sides, along with an ogee-headed half-glazed door on the east. A 20th-century dog-leg wooden staircase leads up from the north.

Inside, the tree house features 18th-century plasterwork, a moulded dado rail, and moulded architraves with brackets. There are clustered corner shafts with stiff-leaf capitals, a coved frieze decorated with lozenge and quatrefoil motifs, and arcaded coving above. The ceiling displays a central female mask with extending rays set within a circular panel. Some late 20th-century supports have been added to the tree house and the tree itself. Mid-20th-century photographs indicate that the tree house was stuccoed with rusticated quoins, likely dating from the mid-18th-century remodeling, which corresponds with the openings and interior decoration.

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