Listed Building: MOLLINGTON GRANGE (1278768)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 313, 4, 35
Date assigned 01 June 1967
Date last amended

Description

SJ 36 NE 4/35 MOLLINGTON C.P. PARKGATE ROAD (East Side) Mollington Grange (formerly listed as Little Mollington Hall). 1/6/1967 II Farmhouse: C16/C17 origins but rebuilt late C17/early C18 with later C18 and mid C19 alterations. English bond orange brick on red sandstone plinth, Welsh slate roof, 1 ridge and 2 gable brick chimneys. Much altered plan of parlour, hall and service rooms. 2½-storey, 4-bay south front. Brick band at 1st and 2nd floor and stone-coped parapet with recessed square panels, 2 pierced to light attic windows. 12-pane sashes with segmental brick heads and 1 16-pane with flat stone head, replace a symmetrical facade of many now blocked windows. Moulded wooden doorcase with panelled soffits behind flimsy wooden porch has door with 4 fielded panels and plain fanlight. 1-storey, 2-bay C19 extension to the right. Interior: 2 staircases, 1 dogleg with square newels and a heavy handrail and no balusters and added parallel rail. The other is late C18 open string with plain balusters and mahogany handrail, except for upper flight with square newels and good twisted balusters of c1700. Some heavy cased ceiling beams and evidence of wattle and daub and a now hidden intramural stone stair. 6-panelled doors in moulded architraves. The dairy and cheese rooms added to the north-east are not included in the item. Listing NGR: SJ3880569336

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 404823. [Mapped features: #4751 404823; #10055 404823]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 3880 6933 (25m by 21m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ36NE
Civil Parish MOLLINGTON, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Sep 10 2021 3:46PM