Cogden Hall And Railings

GRINTON COGDEN SE 09 NE 17/16 Cogden Hall and railings 4.9.52 - GV II House. Late C18. For John, son of Caleb Readshaw, Lord of the Manor of East Grinton. Roughcast rubble, hipped stone slate roofs. 2 storeys. The main house and 2 lower projecting wings to rear form 3 sides of a courtyard, with railings across the fourth side. Garden front facing north, 1:3:1, the middle section forming a 3-window, 5-sided canted bay, formerly with central doorway, now window. Openings have ashlar surrounds with keystones, sash windows with glazing bars. 2 ridge stacks. Rear of main house: 2 first floor sash windows with glazing bars; and a tall landing window in centre above C20 projecting porch. Rear of left wing: Diocletian window above C20 door. Rear of right wing: 1 bay of sashes in stone surrounds, C20 doorway. Return fronts of main house have 1 bay of windows as garden front. Interior: drawing room in canted bay has Adam style ceiling, frieze and fireplace. Wings joined by cast-iron railings with finial heads set on a round-topped plinth, with central gate, laid out on a gently curving plan. Whitaker, History of Richmondshire, 1823, i.

Listing NGR: SE0553097900