Description

SO 8836 TWYNING PUCKRUP

13/161 Puckrup Hall

4.7.60

II

Large detached house. Late C18-early C19 with later extensions. Brick. Entrance front rendered and painted. Red tile roof to the main body. Slate roofing to the later extensions. Rendered stacks to main body, stacks otherwise brick. Rectangular main body with later extensions to right gable end. C20 flat-roofed extension at rear and not of special interest. 1:5:1-windowed entrance front. Central portion; 3 storeys, bays to right and left 2 storeys. Bands between floors. Two-pane sashes to the ground and first floors. Central first floor windows with a triangular pediment flanked by Ionic pilasters which continue to parapet. Six-pane sashes to the first floor. Single bays either side of central body lit by tripartite sashes with moulded architraves. Stone balconies supported on moulded brackets to the first floor. Central double fielded doors flanked by thin fluted columns. Rectangular hall light with decorative glazing above. Moulded modillion eaves cornice. Single-storey bow window to the left-hand return with 3 curving sashes flanked by Ionic columns. Flat-roofed single-storey conservatory to the left with double glazed doors with Ionic columns either side. Twelve-pane sashes with flat-chamfered limestone heads at rear. Fielded 6-panel door at rear within an open-sided porch with an entablature decorated with sheep skull and swag motif. Large mid-late C19 canted bay to the right. Two- storey red brick extension to the right of the entrance front is lit by 6 and 12-pane sashes. Octagonal lantern with a domed roof and weathervane to the service wing. Interior; some moulded cornices and ceiling roses to main ground floor rooms. C18 and C19 carved wood overmantel comprising two tiers of panels to fireplace in one of the principal downstairs rooms. The lower portion of the overmantel appears to be C19 but in C17-early C18 style and has three arcaded panels each containing a figure, the central panel depicting Dick Whittington and his cat. The upper tier panelling appears to be C18 and has finely carved foliate decoration and cherubs' heads. The same room contains two fluted Corinthian columns flanking a recess orpossibly blind entrance. Fine late C18-early C19 cantilevered staircase with wrought-iron balustrade and a wreathed handrail, open string and bracketed steps.

Listing NGR: SO8869936589

External Links

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