Whitfield Hall
WHITFIELD HALL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1045433
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jun-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Whitfield Hall
- Statutory Address:
- WHITFIELD HALL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1045433
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jun-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Whitfield Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- WHITFIELD HALL
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:
- WHITFIELD HALL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Plenmeller with Whitfield
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 77854 56385
Details
NY 75 NE PLENMELLER WITH WHITFIELD WHITFIELD
8/200 Whitfield Hall 10.6.52 GV II
Country House 1785 by Newton of Newcastle, incorporating earlier fabric. Remodelled and 2nd floor added 1856; further alterations 1969. Ashlar, rear and north wing squared stone and rubble; slate roofs. Main block has 2 short rear wings, single-storey C20 section between. Main south front 3 storeys, 5 bays, symmetrical; projecting 3-bay centre. Plinth and band broken by ground- floor windows. Central tripartite French window in architrave with panelled pilasters, modillion cornice and balustrade; re-set forward 1969 as front of new porch. All windows sashes with glazing bars (some renewed), shorter on 2nd floor, in architraves; 1st and 2nd floor windows have cornices, the former console bracketed, the latter with bracket sills. Modillion eaves cornice and balustraded parapet. Hipped roof with stacks mostly rebuilt in yellow brick. Similar fenestration on irregular returns, each with a canted bay. North right wing of 3 storeys, 8 irregular bays. 1st short bay reputed to be a remnant of the medieval Whitfield Tower. Old 15-pane sashes to ground floor of 2nd and 3rd bays, other windows mostly renewed sashes; balustraded parapet. Rear elevation of main block shows 20-pane sash window with geometrical glazing. Interior: Geometrical stair with column-on-vase balusters and wreathed grip handrail. Ballroom has egg-and-dart cornice and panelled plaster ceiling with floral decoration. Dining Room has plaster frieze.
Listing NGR: NY7785456385
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 240317
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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