Ruins of Former Snelston Hall and Attached Walls and Gates
RUINS OF FORMER SNELSTON HALL AND ATTACHED WALLS AND GATES, CHURCH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1281004
- Date first listed:
- 10-Aug-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Ruins of Former Snelston Hall and Attached Walls and Gates
- Statutory Address:
- RUINS OF FORMER SNELSTON HALL AND ATTACHED WALLS AND GATES, CHURCH ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1281004
- Date first listed:
- 10-Aug-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 19-Jul-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Ruins of Former Snelston Hall and Attached Walls and Gates
- Statutory Address 1:
- RUINS OF FORMER SNELSTON HALL AND ATTACHED WALLS AND GATES, CHURCH 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:
- RUINS OF FORMER SNELSTON HALL AND ATTACHED WALLS AND GATES, CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- Derbyshire Dales (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Snelston
- National Grid Reference:
- SK1575843611
Details
SK 14 SE PARISH OF SNELSTON CHURCH ROAD
2/91 (North Side)
Ruins of former Snelston Hall
10.8.51 and attached walls and gates
(formerly listed as 'The Hall')
GV II
Ruined remains of large Neo-Gothic house with attached walls and gateways. c1828 by
L N Cottingham for the Harrisons, mostly demolished in 1951. Sandstone and brick with
stone dressings. One wall of the former hall survives with courtyard to north,
surrounded by stone walls, which in turn link up to gateway to north,west and garden walls
with gates which encompass-the site of tile former hall. The remaining wall of the hall
comprises a tall blank stone wall with towers to either end, continuous stringcourse
near top and embattled ridgeback coped parapets over. Western tower has stone basin
to base, set in basket headed niche with gargoyle head, from which water spouted. Above
is an ovolo moulded lancet in recessed flat headed surround with incised spandrels.
Over stringcourse above is a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion window with ogee
headed lights and pierced spandrels, in flat headed surround with hoodmould over.
Corbelled embattled parapets over with extra corner turret to east, again with
embattled parapets. East tower has double lancet in flat headed surround and above a
2-light window with ogee lights similar to those on western tower, plus corbelled
embattled parapets above. Attached to north side of wall a brick lean-to with central-
stone coped gable bay and stone mullioned windows, Also attached are plain stone walls
running round courtyard, of which the west wall links to gateway with large four-centred
arch with corbelled barrel vault and small similar arch to north, both with Gothic
panelled gates. To south of gateway is thin circular tower with embattled parapets.
A walkway runs over the gateway and along the west wall to the tower. Attached to
south side of gateway is the original garden wall with ridgeback copings, which runs
southwards and connects to a.similar wall to east by a retaining wall running in front
of the former hall. Approximately 4 metres south-west of the west tower is a gate in
the wall with central four-centred arch, surmounted by corbelled ridgeback copings
and flanked by columns with circular embattled tops and incised arrow slits. In the
section of wall that runs to the east side of the former hall are two pairs of gates,
each with circular columns, topped by pyramidal copings and with original gates between.
These are made up of a timber grid with panels of decorative ironwork to the top.
Listing NGR: SK1575843611
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 81321
- 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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