More information : (SJ 9428 1293) Pillaton Old Hall (NAT) St Modwena's
Chapel (NR)
Pillaton Hall, a moated mansion, now a ruin; the chapel and
gatehouse with the adjoining lodge being all that remains
tolerably intact.
Pillaton Old Hall, formerly a large house arranged around a
rectangular courtyard, of which only the N range survives
intact. This comprises a brick gatehouse with stone
dressings, with a two-storey lodge to either side, all of L16thc
date. The upper parts of the gatehouse are of 18thc date.
(Rainwater heads are dated 1706).
The western lodge is occupied as a private dwelling and the
eastern lodge is a store. Adjoining on the E is the chapel of St
Modwena, which is in regular use for services. Of the rest of
the Hall, there remains, on the W side, a large new free-standing
Tudor brick chimney stack on a stone base above two large
fireplaces or ovens; on the S, a fragment of stone
walling standing to 2.5m height with an external buttress and on
the E side, a stone plinth with a Tudor brick superstructure.
Remains of moat on N side. 1:2500 survey correct.
Pillaton Old Hall. Grade II*. Gatehouse range and chapel. Early C16 with chapel of 1488, alterations of 1706, restored 1888. Red brick (English bond) with ashlar plinth, dressing and chapel; plain tile roof; and a wing of c.1980 projecting from the west end of the south front and aligned north-south. North Front: Chapel to the left, and set-back gatehouse range to the right. Pillaton Old Hall was formerly surrounded by a moat, this survives to the north and east. (4)
Pillaton Old Hall. A definite moated site, probably manorial and rectangular. (5)
Pillaton Old Hall is listed as a moated site by the Moated Sites Research Group. (6) |