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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