{"entry-date":"2013-01-29","start-date":"1953-01-10","end-date":"","entity":42158276,"name":"Newton Hall","dataset":"listed-building-outline","typology":"geography","reference":"1371158","prefix":"listed-building-outline","organisation-entity":220,"geometry":"MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.735942 55.336648, -1.736069 55.336641, -1.73606 55.336583, -1.736031 55.336585, -1.736001 55.336419, -1.736056 55.336416, -1.736045 55.336357, -1.736094 55.336355, -1.736102 55.336399, -1.736127 55.336398, -1.736157 55.336577, -1.736397 55.336563, -1.73639 55.336518, -1.736336 55.336522, -1.73633 55.336484, -1.736453 55.336477, -1.736436 55.33638, -1.736242 55.33639, -1.736228 55.336313, -1.736208 55.336315, -1.736203 55.336289, -1.736279 55.336284, -1.736267 55.336214, -1.736287 55.336213, -1.73628 55.336173, -1.736255 55.336174, -1.736252 55.336157, -1.736206 55.336159, -1.736201 55.336138, -1.736117 55.336143, -1.736115 55.336124, -1.735877 55.336136, -1.735881 55.336153, -1.735896 55.33625, -1.735805 55.336254, -1.735808 55.336281, -1.735831 55.33628, -1.735854 55.336425, -1.735906 55.336423, -1.735942 55.336648)))","point":"POINT (-1.736101 55.336362)","quality":"authoritative","notes":"NEWTON-ON-THE-MOOR NEWTON HALL NU 10 SE 6/184 Newton Hall 10/1/53 GV II Country house. 1772 for Samuel Cook, possibly incorporating earlier farmhouse in north wing. Enlarged and remodelled 1864 by S.F. Widdrington to his own designs; main block south bay window raised to 2 storeys, conservatory and porch added, north-west wing rebuilt; plasterwork by Giovanni Montirolli. Main block tooled ashlar, north-east wing smooth ashlar, other parts squared stone; north wing with rendering scored to imitate coursed stone. Graduated Lakeland slate roofs except for Welsh slates on north and north-east wings. Irregular plan. South elevation: Main block 2 storeys, 7 narrow bays. Plinth, band broken by ground floor windows, moulded eaves cornice. Bays 2 and 3 project, with balustraded parapet; ground floor right is enclosed by 2-bay conservatory with glazed front wall on stone plinth between square piers with moulded caps and finials. Plain sash windows, taller on ground floor, in architraves with projecting bracketed sills. Hipped roof with 3 stepped-and-corniced ridge stacks. Set back to right is end of north-east wing with 12- and 6-pane sashes in architraves. Set further back to left is 4-bay north-west wing with plain sashes in chamfered surrounds. East (entrance) front: Central 3-bay north-east wing with pent-roofed passage below tall 12-pane and 6-pane sashes,all in architraves. Left end porch with 6-panel door in architrave under carved frieze and modillioned pediment enclosing Widdrington arms and motto. Set back to left is similar 4-bay return of main block. Set back to right is lower north wing of 2 + 1 storeys, with varied fenestration. West elevation: Square ground floor bay window with balustraded parapet; to left a Venetian stair window with radial head. Interior: Conservatory shows Italian niches, panels and fountain set in walls, and floor of marble tesserae. Entrance hall has half-glazed double doors in surround with attached columns and cornice; full-size murals of London Bridge and Venice, by S.F. Widdrington. Drawing Room has C18 carved marble fireplace, enriched cornice and elaborate ceiling in mid-C18 style. Library shows similar ceiling and marble fireplace holding early C19 wrought- iron grate with radial convector hearth. Similar ceiling and fireplace in Dining Room. Stair hall has Venice mural and 1918 Venetian screen to New Hall; C18 open-string stair has turned balusters with square knops and ramped moulded handrail. C18 fielded-panel doors in corniced surrounds throughout. H. Montgomery-Massingberd, 'The Widdringtons' place in history', The Field Oct. 11 1986. ,","listed-building":"1371158"}