Listed Building record MDR6400 - Whitwell Hall, Old Hall Lane, Whitwell

The Manor House, Whitwell (more correctly Whitwell Hall) is possibly all 16th/early 17th cent. However, it was clearly not built at one time. It is now partly used as a Parish Hall, and partly as a private residence. Grade 2*. (1) The Hall is at present owned by the Church of England. (2) Whitwell Hall is a stone-constructed building of two storeys with high attic gables, standing on a chamfered plinth course. The fabric has been much restored at various periods, but such restoration has been in keeping with the original design and architecture. All windows have stone mullion and transomes of Elizabethan pattern, the chimneys are restorations of that period. The east point has a single storey stone porch of, apparently, earlier date than the main structure; the porch carries a parapet of which, in places, the balusters and caps are now missing. Two small heraldic shields are now too weathered to permit identification. The Hall, in good condition, is in use as a school dining room and parish Hall. A simple oriel window exists in the west face. Architectural detail and the general condition of the fabric indicates a probable 17th cent. Date of construction with later restoration." Field report of 1960 correct. Originally the Manor House, seat of the Manners Family. The porch on the east side may have come from Welbeck Abbey. (5) From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 57 NW PARISH OF WHITWELL OLD HALL LANE 2/172 (West Side) 19.11.51 Whitwell Hall GV II* Manor house, formerly the seat of the Manners family. C17, early C18 and early C19. Coursed squared sandstone with sandstone dressings and quoins. Stone slate and plain tile roofs with various ridge and lateral stacks. Stone coped gables with moulded kneelers and finials. Two storeys and attics. Chamfered plinth. Garden elevation of seven irregular bays. Projecting gabled bay to the left has on the first floor, a canted oriel window of 1-3-1 lights, with a transom and C19 gothic glazing. Two- light recessed and chamfered mullion window above, in the gable. The return elevation to the right has a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom window to each floor. Two unequal gabled bays to the right have a 2 and a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullioned window to the ground floor; a cross window and a 4-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom window to the first floor; and a 2-light window in the lefthand gable. Return wall to the right has a 4-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom window to the first floor. Three bays set back to the right have to the ground floor from left to right, a 2-light recessed and chamfered mullioned window, a doorway with plain surround and pair of half-glazed doors, a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullioned window, a doorway flanked by single light windos, and a 2-light recessed and chamfered mullioned window. The first floor has three 5-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom windows. The east elevation is of five bays. Off-centre ashlar porch with moulded round-arched entrance and pierced parpaet. To the left is a doorway with plank door, and two 4- light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom windows. The first floor has three 3-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom windows and two 4-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transom windows under gabled half-dormers. The interior has a ground floor room with full height early C18 raised and fielded panelling and a bolection moulded stone chimneypiece. Panelled shutters. An upper room has full height C17 panelling. Listing NGR: SK5260976914' (6)