Description

SK 16 NW PARISH OF FLAGG MAIN ROAD 5/68 (North Side) Flagg Hall GV 11*

Manor house, now farmhouse. C17 with C19 alterations. Rendered stone and coursed limestone. Gritstone dressings and quoins. Ashlar porch. Roofs, part plain tile and part stone slate. Large stone side wall stacks to front and west. Gable end stack to north. Ridge back stone copings with moulded kneelers to front and rear gables. Continuous moulded stringcourses all around building to ground and first floors. Three bays, three storeys plus attics. Double pile plan. Double gabled, rendered front elevation with grand later C17 single storey porch with balustrade. Central semi-circular headed arch with massive keystone and banded rustication. Half arches to sides. Moulded cornice above. Balustrade over with square corner and central pillars, moulded balusters between with loop decoration. Moulded handrail over. Below, original doorway. Moulded jambs and impost. Large lintel over with central boss on segmental arched base. Two carved panels above, the top with two florets, the lower curved. Oak studded door, possibly original. To either side, 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion window, probably formerly transomed, altered in C19. Above, two similar, but shallower windows, also probably originally transomed. Centrally placed doorcase above porch with stepped, moulded architrave. C20 glazed door. Adjoining, to west, carved coat of arms. Above, to either side, 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion windows with early iron casements. Above again in gables, single light recessed and chamfered windows with stringcourses over. West elevation - two blocked mullioned and transomed windows. Also 4-light recessed and chamfered mullion window with major mullion, formerly transomed. Most of the original openings survive without their transomes. Oak panelling to dining room. Original dog-leg staircase with turned balusters, newel finials and matching pendentives.

Listing NGR: SK1376968484

External Links

• Wikidata Q17545473

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