Listed Building record MDR2612 - Brizlincote Hall Farm Farmhouse, Brizlincote Lane, Bretby

Brizlincote Hall Farm farmhouse, Brizlincote Lane, Bretby, built in 1707. 'Brizlincote Hall was built in 1707 by the Second Earl of Chesterfield. The inscribed date 1714 is a later addition. It's distinguishing feature is a vast segmental pediment that extends across the whole front, big enough to contain five windows; the outer ones being small and circular. The garden and entrance fronts are almost identical. The shorter side elevations also have segmental pediments, only on a smaller scale. On both main fronts the doorcases have handsome swan's neck pediments on carved consoles, oddly repeated at right-angles along the face of the wall; an apparently unique feature.' (1) 'Brizlincote Hall was built in 1707 and was intended for sons and heirs of the Stanhopes. It replaced a previous house built by the Pagets on land acquired from the demise of Burton Abbey. This building was purchased from the Merrys in 1706 and demolished. The present house is in small wire cut bricks of two storeys and five by five bays, decorated by quoins, with a pedimented entrance and alternating pediments over the upper windows. The unique aspect consists in an enormous segmental pediment extending across the whole front (and repeated on the sides) and large enough to contain five windows, those at the extremities being smaller and circular.' (2) From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 22 SE 2/3 19-1-67 PARISH OF BRETBY BRIZLINCOTE LANE (West Side) Brizlincote Hall Farmhouse (formerly listed as Brizlincote Hall [House only]) GV II* House. Built in 1707 for the Second Earl of Chesterfield. Red brick and sandstone ashlar, hipped plain tile roof with two massive red brick and ashlar stacks. Chamfered stone plinth, projecting stone quoins, moulded first floor band and moulded dentilled second floor band. Segmental pediments across the full width of each facade. Rectangular plan. Two storeys and attics. North elevation of five symmetrical bays. Semi- basement with four windows. Flight of five semi-circular steps to central doorway with moulded architrave and swan-neck pediment on moulded consoles repeated at right angles against the wall. Half glazed door. Inscribed above NON IGNARA MALI MISERIS SUCCURRERE DISCO AD 1714. (Not ignorant of ill, I learn to help the unhappy). To the left, two glazing bar sashes in moulded architraves. Two similar architraves to the right, one with a blind window, the second with a cross window casement. The first floor has five windows in moulded architraves with alternating segmental and triangular pediments. Cross window casements in all but the left window which is blind. Within the pediment a central blind window with triangular pediment, flanked by glazing bar sashes in moulded architraves with swan neck pediments, flanked in turn by blind circular windows. Similar five bay south elevation with mostly C19 casement lights. Above the doorway the inscription HOMO LUPUS AD 1714. (Man is a Wolf to Man). Two bay east elevation with C19 single bar sashes in C18 moulded architraves. Two similar above, in pedimented architraves and two circular windows in the pediment, one of them blind. Lower C19 and C20 wing to west not of special interest. Interior: Brick vaulted basement service rooms. Large four-centred arched fireplace in what was probably the kitchen. Circular splays to the windows. Low ground floor rooms, mostly altered. The hall has a huge four-centred arched fireplace bay. One room has an Adam style chimneypiece. From the hall a door opens to a plain dogleg staircase. The attic staircase has a balustrade with balusters that look C20. The first floor is treated as a piano nobile and all the rooms have bolection moulded panelling, with doors to match. The cornice remains in one room, double, with egg and dart. The attic contains four boxed-in lead cisterns which drain off the water from the roof. Listing NGR: SK2732522080.' (3)