Kitchen wing immediately west of Braunstone Hall
Kitchen wing immediately west of Braunstone Hall
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1074063
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Kitchen wing immediately west of Braunstone Hall
- Statutory Address:
- Kitchen wing immediately west of Braunstone Hall
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1074063
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Kitchen wing immediately west of Braunstone Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- Kitchen wing immediately west of Braunstone Hall
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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:
- Kitchen wing immediately west of Braunstone Hall
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Leicester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK5574803327
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 30 June 2023 to correct a typo in the description and to reformat the text to current standards
KITCHEN WING IMMEDIATELY WEST OF BRAUNSTONE HALL
II
Kitchen wing of Braunstone Hall, a small country house, dated 1776 by the architect William Oldham (who later became the Lord Mayor of Leicester).
MATERIALS: Built of red brick and stone with a hipped, Swithland slate roof.
EXTERIOR: The kitchen is of two storeys and is attached to the western end of the main range by a corridor. It forms a block around the four sides of a small courtyard with three sash windows to each facing side.
INTERIOR: Internally rooms have been altered by being opened up to form classrooms, resulting in the removal of some ceilings and partitions. In addition to the alterations there has also been some loss owing to damage done to the building. No notable internal features of historic interest survive.
HISTORY: Braunstone Hall and the attached kitchen wing and associated stable block and walled garden were built in 1776 for Clement Winstanley by a local architect and builder William Oldman (who later became the Lord Mayor of Leicester). The hall was built on a rise overlooking Charnwood Forest and set in 100 acres of parkland. Clement died in 1808 and the next to become heir was his eldest son Clement, J. P. Lieutenant-Colonel of the Leicestershire Militaria from 1802-9. He was also the Chairman of the Leicester and Swanington Railway which opened in 1832. He died unmarried in 1855. After a brief spell in the ownership of his nephew James Beaumont, Braunstone Hall passed to James' sister Anna Jane Pochin. Anna relinquished the estate in 1904 in favour of her son Richard Norman who changed his name by deed poll to Winstanley. In 1925, while still in residence, Leicester Corporation compulsory purchased Richard Winstanleys' land in Braunstone for much needed housing.
SOURCES: John Nicholls, History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester (4 vols., London, 1795-1815)
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION
The kitchen wing of Braunstone Hall is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* It is a C18 kitchen wing which survives well.
* The architect was William Oldman, later Lord Mayor of Leicester, which adds interest.
* Group value with Braunstone Hall, stable block and walled garden is also of significance.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 188588
- 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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