Dunstall Hall And Attached Orangery

DUNSTALL C.P. DUNSTALL SK 12 SE 5/25 Dunstall Hall and attached Orangery 17.9.52 GV II*

Country house. Early Cl9, altered and extended mid-C19. Ashlar; flat roof invisible behind cornice and balustraded parapet; ashlar stacks beyond parapet. Large L-shaped plan. Garden front: to east of 2 storeys and 3:4:3 bays; raised string at first floor level; glazing bar sashes, glazing bars removed to ground floor; lower set-back central recess; 7- bay orangery attached to right; semi-circular headed glazing bar sashes. Entrance front: to south. 1850s Tetrastyle, Ionic porte cochere with parapet fretted to form "IS QUIDEDIT MIHI SERVIT"; tripartite sash to bay oven surmounted by frieze at parapet level and pediment set against attic. storey tower; pediment has coat-of-arms in a cartouche; all set against side of-early C19 house, 2 windows to left of porch and one (formerly 2) to right. Chamfered break to left end leads into late C19 ballroom wing of 7 bays and similar style, finished by 3-sided bay. The entrance set beyond the porte cochere is finely carved with low-relief hunting scenes in art nouveau style, carried across the 2 leaves of the door by Edward Griffiths, circa and dated 1898. Interior: staircase, also by Griffiths, circa 1900, depicting carved foliage and zoo animals; Roman mosaic to main hall of Cerberus and said to come from Tivoli. B.o.E.

Listing NGR: SK1906020452