Packwood House And Outbuildings To North East

Packwood House and Outbuildings

This Grade I listed building comprises a late 16th-century house with mid 17th-century outbuildings, substantially altered and extended in the early 20th century by Graham Baron Ash, who added a Long Gallery and Great Hall around 1931.

The House

The main house is constructed with render, probably on brick at ground floor level and probably on timber framing to the first floor. It features a complex cross-gabled roof with old plain tiles and various brick stacks. The building is two storeys with an attic and comprises a four-bay range.

The north front has a two-storey and attic porch positioned left of centre, with a Tudor-arched outer doorway with hoodmould and a plank door. The fenestration includes early 20th-century five-light wood mullion and transom windows to the ground floor (left and right), a seven-light wood mullion and transom window to ground floor right, a five-light wood mullion and transom hall window with four rows of lights to right of centre, a four-light wood mullion and transom window to the left, and a five-light wood mullion and transom window to the right. The porch has a three-light wood mullion and transom window to the first floor, and three-light mullion windows to the attic cross-gables.

The south front is two storeys and attic with a three-window range. A four-centred arched doorway to the centre contains a plank studded door. Early 20th-century five-light wood mullion and transom windows are positioned to ground floor left and right. The first floor has a three-light wood mullion and transom window to centre, and four-light wood mullion and transom windows to left and right. Three-light wood mullion windows light the attic cross-gables.

The west front is two storeys with a three-window range and a two-storey porch to the centre. The porch has a stone Tudor-arched outer doorway with hoodmould and a plank panelled and studded door. Early 20th-century three-light wood mullion and transom windows serve the ground and first floors to the left; four-light wood mullion and transom windows are positioned to ground and first floors right. A three-light wood mullion and transom window lights the first floor of the porch.

The Great Hall Wing

The Great Hall wing is constructed of red brick with an old plain-tile roof and various brick stacks. It comprises a two-storey, five-bay hall range with a single-storey, three-bay link range. The fenestration is regular, featuring early 20th-century stone mullion windows and stone mullion and transom windows.

The Outbuilding Range

The outbuildings are of red brick, with areas of red brick with flared headers in Flemish bond and some diaper work. The roof is old plain tile with various brick stacks.

The south front comprises a two-storey, three-window range to the left, and a single-storey and attic, four-bay range to the right, with a gable end of a cross-wing projecting to the right. A four-centred arched doorway to the centre of the two-storey range has a brick pediment gable above and contains a plank door. A four-light wood mullion and transom window sits within a Tudor-arched opening to the left. A three-light casement is positioned to the right. A two-light wood casement within a Tudor-arched opening lights the first floor left. Plank doors are located to the right and to the right of centre of the single-storey and attic range; a blocked door is positioned to the left. A three-light casement sits left of centre. Brick pilaster strips divide the bays. Oval brick recesses are situated above doors to the left and to right of centre. A cut brick cornice runs to the eaves. Pediment-topped doors are located to the left and to right of centre. A pediment-topped painted brick sundial panel is positioned to the left. The end of the cross-wing to the right has irregular fenestration and a clock face dated 1817.

The east front of the cross-wing is of red brick with flared headers in Flemish bond, with an old plain tile roof and a brick ridge stack to the right of centre. The range is single storey and attic, extending nine bays. Double plank doors serve a segmental brick-arched carriageway to the left of centre. Bays are divided by brick pilaster strips. Transom windows to the second and seventh bays have oval brick recesses above. Two-light stone mullion windows are positioned to the first and third bays. Four gabled dormers light the attic. A brick gable above the carriageway features a painted sundial and a two-light wood casement above. Louvred bell turrets sit to the ridge at left of centre and left, with the left turret bearing a windvane.

Interior

An early 20th-century staircase connects the ground and first floors. Much of the panelling in the house was brought in by Graham Baron Ash. The Great Hall features a five-bay upper-cruck roof. The stone fireplace and plaster overmantel in the Great Hall were brought from a wine shop in Stratford-upon-Avon. Stained glass medallions in many windows are 17th-century Flemish pieces from Culham House in Oxfordshire. The house contains a notable collection of furniture, including various pieces from Baddesley Clinton.