Sywell Hall
SYWELL HALL, WELLINGBOROUGH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1040679
- Date first listed:
- 28-May-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Sywell Hall
- Statutory Address:
- SYWELL HALL, WELLINGBOROUGH ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1040679
- Date first listed:
- 28-May-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Sywell Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- SYWELL HALL, WELLINGBOROUGH ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SYWELL HALL, WELLINGBOROUGH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Sywell
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 82281 67372
Details
SYWELL WELLINGBOROUGH ROAD SP8267 (South side) 15/308 Sywell Hall 28/05/54
- II*
Country House. Probably c.1600, mid C18 and C19. Lias ashlar with slate roof. Complex double-depth plan. 3 storeys. Entrance front of 5-window range of 2-, 3- and 4-light stone-mullioned windows, 2 to first floor left are blank. Bay to far left breaks forward to form a 3-storey gabled porch with 4-light window to first and second floors and 2-light windows to return walls. Arched entrance with 4-centred moulded stone head. Frieze of linked squares and circles above first floor window with coat of arms above. Range to right of porch has eaves parapet and 3 gables, all with short obelisks at bases and apex. Gabled roof with brick and stone stacks at ridge and end. Garden front to right of entrance front has 4-window range of C18 sash windows with glazing bars at first floor, all with plain stone-mullioned windows. Eaves parapet and 2 gables similar to entrance front. Elevation to right of garden front of 3-window range, 2 of C18 sashes and one 3-light stone-mullioned window. Door opening to right has 4-centred arch head. One C18 sash to left is truncated by the staircase projection which may bave been added in C19. C19 single-storey extension to right includes the morning room and domestic offices. Interior: staircase well and several other rooms have arched openings with 4-centred moulded stone heads, similar opening in attic. Dogleg staircase rises around large central columns. Room to right of entrance has open fireplace with C19 panelling and fire surround. First floor porch room has fireplace with moulded stone surround and some C17 panelling, probably reset. Attic room has similar fireplace. The range to the right of the porch many originally have been repeated to the left. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.243; Halls and Manor Houses of Northamptonshire by J.A. Botch, p.65).
Listing NGR: SP8228167372
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 233593
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Gotch, J A, Squires Homes and Other Old Buildings of Northamptonshire, (1939), 65
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, (1973), 243
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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