Merrington Old Hall

MERRINGTON OLD HALL

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1295412
Date first listed:
27-Nov-1987
List Entry Name:
Merrington Old Hall
Statutory Address:
MERRINGTON OLD HALL

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1295412
Date first listed:
27-Nov-1987
List Entry Name:
Merrington Old Hall
Statutory Address 1:
MERRINGTON OLD 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.

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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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
MERRINGTON OLD HALL

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Bomere Heath and District
National Grid Reference:
SJ 47050 20965

Details

BOMERE HEATH C.P. MERRINGTON SJ 42 SE 3/95 Merrington Old Hall - - II

House. Late C16, partly remodelled c.1700. Late C19 addition at rear. Timber framed with painted brick nogging (some herringbone), partly underbuilt and front rebuilt or refaced in painted brick. Plain tile roof. Framing: closely-spaced uprights with middle rails; square panels in gable ends (3 from sole plate to wall plate), with angle braces in left-hand gable end and parallel diagonal struts in right-hand gable end, forming lozenge patterns in gable. Two framed bays either side a central stack bay. Two storeys. Toothed brick eaves cornice to front. Barge boards with finials. Large central brick ridge stack. South- west (garden) front: 4 bays; wooden cross windows, those on ground floor taller and with segmental relieving arches. Right-hand gable end with first- floor 2-light wooden casement and underbuilt ground floor (possibly formerly jettied) with canted bay. Left-hand gable end has collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts and V-struts. C19 two-storey rear wing with external brick end stack. Entrance at rear. Interior: deep-chamfered ceiling beams; cross beams in right-hand ground-floor room with broach stops. Right-hand ground-floor room: raised and fielded oak panelling of c.1700 with moulded cornice. Old 3-panelled door to room.

Listing NGR: SJ4705020965

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
259158
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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