Wigton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. House.

Wigton Hall

WRENN ID
rough-quoin-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Country
England
Date first listed
19 November 1984
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

NY 2548 WIGTON WEST STREET (North side) Wigton

14/105 Wigton Hall

G.V. II

House. Early C19 for the Matthews family (coat of arms over entrance). Snecked calciferous sandstone ashlar with modillioned cornice and battlemented parapet on chamfered plinth. Graduated greenslate roof with C20 brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 8 bays in Gothic revival style, with wings forming overall U-shape. 2-storey gabled porch has oak doors with tracery panels in pointed moulded arch under hood mould. Gabled parapet with quatrefoil openings. Sash windows in chamfered surrounds under hood moulds. Wing to right of similar details but of red sandstone. Adjoining brick barn and C20 porch are not of interest. Left wing is part of the earlier house of 1801. Incised stucco under hipped greenslate roof. Sash windows, with glazing bars on upper floor, all in painted stone surrounds. Further extension with C20 bay windows and adjoining outbuildings are not of interest.

Listing NGR: NY2529748273

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