Whiteley Grange

SJ 40 NE; 5/4

BAYSTON HILL C.P., Whitley Grange

(Formerly listed as Whitley in the Parish of Condover)

29.01.52

GV

II

Farmhouse. Circa 1667 with considerable later additions and alterations. Red brick, low-pitched hipped slate roof. Tall rectangular block, 3 x 2 bays with additions at right-angles to right and to rear on left of mid- C19 and circa 1930 respectively. Three storeys and attic, cellars; continuous toothed band to second floor and moulded brick band above; original fenestration and openings all altered, now mid-C19 casements and late C20 aluminium-framed sashes with segmental heads inserted at random; original entrance slightly to right of centre, now blocked and with mid-C19 addition abutting, moulded cambered stone arch with dripstone and quoins and badly damaged armorial shield dated 1667 to centre; main entrance now in left- hand return through half-glazed door with bracketed hood; tall external lateral stack to rear on right and subsidiary central stack in roof slope to front. INTERIOR: the main feature of interest is the very fine staircase (dated "W.O.M./1667" on the newel on the half-landing between the ground and first floor), which leads from the cellar to the second floor; broad moulded handrail with deeply parallel rectangular-shaped balusters and elaborately carved newels decorated with a variety of motifs including heart- shapes and nailhead ornament; good panelling in right-hand ground floor room with fluted frieze and inset cupboards with cock's head hinges; further similar panelling in room above on first floor; the brick-walled cellar (former kitchen) has a blocked fireplace with wide segmental arch and moulded stone overmantel. The house was formerly moated, but now only traces of a bank survive in the garden to the north.

Listing NGR: SJ4554609348