Hadzor Hall

SO 96 SW 3/40 (14/2B) 29.12.52

HADZOR CP Hadzor Hall (formerly listed as Hadzor House)

GV II

Shown on OS map as St Richard's College. Country house in landscaped park, now used partly as company headquarters. Built c1779, refaced and extended in 1827 by Matthew Habershon with additional mid-C20 alterations and additions. Stucco with hipped slate roofs. Three storeys and cellar with sill band to ground and first floors and dentilled eaves cornice beneath blocking course. Greek Revival style. North-west entrance elevation: seven bays, the central three bays break forward slightly and are pedimented; all windows have moulded architraves and the lower two floors have moulded cornices above windows; ground-floor windows are tall 4- pane sashes, the first floor has 12-pane sashes, and the second floor has 2- light casements; from the three central bays projects a tetrastyle, Greek Doric portico and, within the latter, the central entrance has a moulded architrave and cornice, a 6-panelled door, a transom light and narrow side lights. Two- storey addition to left side elevation has a first-floor sill band, moulded eaves cornice, a first-floor 12-pane sash window and a pair of glazed double doors on the ground floor. South-west garden elevation: five bays of which the central three break forward and have Ionic pilasters dividing the bays of the upper two floors with an entablature and blocking course above; windows have moulded architraves and outer ground-floor and first-floor windows have moulded cornices; outer ground-floor windows are tall 15-pane sashes, central ground-and first-floor windows are 12-pane sashes, second-floor windows are single-hung sashes, 6-pane in the outer bays and 9-pane in the central part; central entrance has moulded architrave and glazed double doors. The C19 additions include a tall domed bell tower at the rear; square plan with clasping pilasters, four storeys, the belfry being situated above a string which is the continuation of the moulded cornice of the main house. The south-east elevation has a 12-pane sash window on the second floor and single- hung 6-pane sash on the third floor with a cast iron balcony; the belfry has semi-circular headed windows in each elevation with impost bands continuing to corner pilasters; above is a moulded cornice, urn finials surmounting the pilasters and the dome has a raised central section supporting a dragon weather- vane. Interior: entrance hall has an open well staircase with ornate cast iron balustrade. The main ground floor rooms are noted for their elaborate moulded ceilings. The house was the seat of the Galton family. An imposing building with some interesting early C19 features.

Listing NGR: SO9152062558