Little Wyrley Hall

1. NORTON CANES 943 Little Wyrley Hall, Little Wyrley SK 00 NW 5/21

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1. A handsome small mansion. Late C15 or early C16 in origin, the main centre front being the earliest part of the building. Red brick end stone dressings. Two storeys plus attic. Two wings placed at right angles, the portion to the right of the front door being of C16 date. The back or east wing is C17. The main block has 4 later windows; central porch wing with pediment and ball-headed finials; side gables, curved and stepped with ball-headed finials at centre and sides; one gabled dormer with some treatment. The rear wing his some characteristics but was altered late C17. Six arched three-light casement windows; heraldic panel; 4 dormers with gabled treatment as above. Old tiles; moulded stone eaves; panelled brick and later stuccoed stacks. Excellent C17 staircase. Exposed timber framing in earlier part. Good C17 panelling and brass door furniture. The windows contain some interesting heraldic glass. The seat since about 1590 of the Fowkes family and their lineal descendants, now of Mrs E A Wallace. Reference: Country Life, August, 1952.

Listing NGR: SK0120205934