The Old Hall

SJ 51 SE WITHINGTON C.P. WITHINGTON

4/119 The Old Hall 29.1.52 (formerly listed as The Vicarage)

GV II*

Vicarage, now house. Circa 1700. Red brick with hipped plain tile roof. U-plan; infilled at rear probably in the early to mid-C18. 2 storeys and attic. Painted rendered chamfered quoins, painted rendered plat band and moulded wooden dentil eaves cornice; 3 flat-topped dormers with moulded wooden-framed 2-light casements, and brick ridge stack on each wing to rear. 6 bays; glazing bar sashes with shaped gauged heads, moulded cills and narrow rectangular panels beneath those on first floor; narrow glazing bar sashes flanking central circa 1700 door with 10 raised and fielded panels and L-hinges on inside, moulded architrave, and probably mid-to-late C18 porch with unfluted Doric columns and pilasters supporting frieze and cornice. Left-hand return front: 5 bays; central narrow glazing bar sashes on each floor, some bays with blind windows and some bays blank; late C19 or early C20 hipped-roofed canted bay to right. Wings to rear with stone-coped parapeted gables. Interior: flagged entrance hall; circa 1700 dog-leg staircase rising to attic with closed string, turned balusters, panelled square newel posts, and moulded handrail; reeded architraves to windows and doors; panelled shutters to windows; circa 1700 bolection moulded fireplace surround; late C18 or early C19 first floor cast iron grate; circa 1830-40 marble fireplace surround in ground floor front room to left. Graded II* as an unaltered example of an early C18 house with high quality detailing.

Listing NGR: SJ5768813026