Lea Hall
LEA HALL, NANTWICH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1160742
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Lea Hall
- Statutory Address:
- LEA HALL, NANTWICH ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1160742
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Lea Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- LEA HALL, NANTWICH 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:
- LEA HALL, NANTWICH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Stanthorne and Wimboldsley
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 68034 64146
Details
WIMBOLDSLEY C.P. (Off) NANTWICH ROAD SJ 66 SE 8/89 Lea Hall 3.1.67 GV II* Small Country House, now subdivided into 3 flats. Late C17/Early C18. Red Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings and plain tiled roof. Two storeys, with attic and basement. Entrance front: five bays symmetrically disposed. Projecting plinth with moulded top. Chamfered quoins to corners and to slightly projecting central bay. Cyma-moulded string course between floors and C19 terra-cotta cornice at eaves level with egg and dart moulding both of which, with the plinth, continue around the building. The central bay has a painted ashlar door surround with arched panels and scrolls to the jambs and a swan's neck pediment above with a crest to the centre and initials J V to either side. The ground and first floor windows have exposed sash boxes and are all of 5 x 7 panes those to the ground floor being slightly taller and all have flat arched heads. The building appears to have been re-roofed in the C19 from which period dates the terra-cotta cornice. The tiles, the lateral chimney stacks and the decorative ironwork around the central flat platform which may originally have supported a lantern. There is a central C19 three-light dormer window with a hipped roof. Right hand facade: Quoins to the corners. Two cambered-headed basement windows to right and left. To the ground floor is a door at right of centre. To the right of this is a basket-arched window reveal containing a sash window similar to those on the entrance front. To the left of the door are three blocked basket-arched window reveals. To the first floor are four more basket arched reveals. That at right containing a sash window of 5 x 7 panes and that to left of it containing one of 4 x 3 panes. Left hand facade: Similar to right hand side in having 4 basket arched window reveals to both floors. Those at extreme right now blocked, those 3 at right now containing windows similar to those on the entrance front. Rear: to the ground floor are two lateral C18/C19 one storey extensions with hipped roofs and cambered-headed windows and with a C19 outshut between. To the first floor are 5 blocked basket arched window reveals, that at the centre being the widest and lighting the staircase now with a smaller C19 basket arched cross window of stained glass. C19 chimney stack rising from centre of wall. Hipped C19 dormer windows to either side. Interior: Bolection moulded panelling to two ground floor rooms and one first floor room. The principal staircase is of 2 flights with open string and moulded tread-ends. The newels are formed of groups of 8 turned balusters. There is dado panelling of raised and fielded outline.
The house was built for a member of the Verdin family.
Listing NGR: SJ6803464146
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 57372
- 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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