Markington Hall is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1952. House. 5 related planning applications.
Markington Hall
- WRENN ID
- dusk-chancel-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1952
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE 26 NE 5/62 23.4.52
MARKINGTON WITH WALLERTHWAITE HIGH STREET (north side, off) Markington Hall (formerly listed as The Old Hall).
GV II
Large house. C17 with C18 and C20 alterations. Coursed squared gritstone and limestone, stone slate roof. 2-storey, 3-bay block with 3-storey cross wings. Central 8-panel door in moulded architrave flanked by 4-light recessed mullioned windows. Three 16-pane sashes in flush wood architraves to first floor. Left wing: a 4-light window with C20 stone mullions to each floor. Right-wing, ground and first floors: 4-light recessed-mullion windows; second floor: 3-light recessed mullion window with moulded label and dropped diamond-shaped stops. Moulded string course at first- and second-floor eaves levels. Shaped kneelers and gable copings to wings. Rear: C20 extensions and openings; C17 ground-floor entrance and mullioned window to right. Left and right returns: large external chimney stack. Interior: front room, right: large fireplace with segmental stone arch and 2 ovens against rear wall. Right (east) wing: former chapel contains moulded pointed-arched fireplace and large cross beams, one with pyramidal stops. Most remaining interior features are restorations and alterations of 1920's and 30's. The house was occupied by the statesman William Wilberforce (1759-1833) who married the daughter of the owner of Markington Hall. North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group, Report Number 377, 1977.
Listing NGR: SE2903765205
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