Summer House

Summer House, New Road, Wrinehill, CW3 9BY

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1374377
Date first listed:: 02-Dec-1952
List Entry Name:: Summer House
Statutory Address:: Summer House, New Road, Wrinehill, CW3 9BY

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1374377
Date first listed:: 02-Dec-1952
List Entry Name:: Summer House
Statutory Address 1:: Summer House, New Road, Wrinehill, CW3 9BY

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Summer House, New Road, Wrinehill, CW3 9BY

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Staffordshire
District:: Newcastle-under-Lyme (District Authority)
Parish:: Betley
National Grid Reference:: SJ7538947013

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 11/09/2019

SJ 74 NE 8/17

BETLEY C.P. Wrinehill New Road Summer House

[Formerly listed under A.531 (east side)]

2.12.52

II*

House. Circa 1710-20. Red brick (Flemish bond) with ashlar dressings; plain tile roof; brick stacks. Aligned east-west facing west. Two storeys and attic on basement: plinth with moulded coping, first floor band and boldly moulded eaves cornice. Three bays with giant pilasters: 24-pane glazing bar sashes with segmental heads, raised and moulded architraves, moulded sills and raised keystones; blocked circular basement windows with moulded surrounds. The attic window is within a pedimented gable, apparently altered, and is flanked by a pair of rusticated strips which continue the line of the inner pair of giant pilasters. Central two-leaf and half-glazed door with lugged and bolection moulded surround, fanlight with radiating glazing bars and segmental pediment. The door is approached by a flight of steps flanked by brick walls which fan outwards the bottom where they are terminated by square stone piers. Four-bay side elevations with 24-pane glazing bar sashes, and C20 casements at basement level. Plinth, storey band and cornice are continued.

The east elevation has similar windows but without the stone architraves. Central door at basement level. The attic window is flanked by what appear to be rusticated quoins of unequal length. This gable like that to the west has undergone some alteration.

Interior. The front door leads into the entrance hall. A panelled semi-circular arch with raised key gives access to an early C18 dog-leg staircase with open string, carved tread ends, slim twisted balusters and a wreathed and ramped handrail with fluted foot newel. The staircase leads to the services at basement level and to the upper storeys. A second, service staircase ascends from the basement to the attic and gives access to the same landing as the main stair. Four rooms are entered from the entrance hall. Those to the rear have large raised wall panels with moulded surrounds, window seats, and fireplaces and alcoves with bolection moulded surrounds. Fireplaces with bolection moulded surrounds in the front rooms too. Some of the upper rooms have low wooden wall panelling. C18 panelled doors throughout. Chamfered and stopped ceiling beams in the basement rooms.

Listing NGR: SJ7538947013

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Legacy System number:: 273295
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire, (1974), 329

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.