More information : (NY 90726930) Walwick Grange (NAT) (1) 7/117 Walwick Grange GV II* House, early C18 altered early C19, reputedly incorporating a medieval pele tower. Rubble with tooled stone dressings, entrance section and gable of main building towards garden ashlar-faced. Stone slate roofs. Main building 'L' plan, 3 storeys with contemporary 2-storey left wing and early C19 gabled entrance section with porch in re-entrant angle. River front 3 storeys, 5 windows, symmetrical. Small central door blocked and small window inserted, beneath a tall round-headed stair window in flat surround with moulded imposts and raised keystone, flanked at ground and 1st floor levels by 12-pane sashes in flat surrounds with raised keystones. 2nd floor has 5 12-pane sashes with tooled lintels. Roof has coped gables with kneelers carrying urn finials, stone gable stacks with conjoined shafts. Garden front has 12- and 16-pane sashes, one renewed, porch door with 4-centred head, and a canted bay on the ground floor of the 2-storey C19 section. 2 ashlar ridge stacks on wing. Left gable of wing with blocked segmental-arched carriage entrance. Interior. Elegant stair with curtail step, wreathed and moulded handrail and column-on-vase balusters. One ground floor room has bolection-moulded fireplace flanked by niches, panelled walls. Cellar with brick barrel vault. 7/118 Walls and piers around garden to south of Walwick Grange GV II Garden wall and piers, C18 brick and stone. Brick walls incorporate rear wall of stable block which has stone quoins and coped gables with kneelers. Nearest the house a low screen wall of rubble with raised coping holds 6 piers of squared stone with stepped and moulded caps and varying finials. Piers flanking entrance to gardens have attached jambs with scrolled tops. (2)
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