Quorn Hall, Meynell Road, Quorn (Grade II)
Date Listed | Mon 9th July, 1951 |
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Category | Statutory Listed Building |
Address | Quorn Hall Meynell Road Quorn LE12 8BQ |
Grade | Grade II |
Grid Reference | SK5676617013 |
LBS | 404851 |
Volume, Map, Item | 260, 3, 80 |
Parish | Quorn |
Ward | Barrow & Sileby West |
Conservation Area | Quorn |
Description | Country House, c1680 with 3rd storey of late C18 and much altered and added to C19 and C20. Red brick with pediment and slate roof with brick stacks. Three storeys of 5 sashes, mainly 6/6 and 1/1. C19 canted bay; entrance porch to left. Inside there is a good main staircase of c1680, well plan, with heavy strings and handrail and barley sugar twist balusters. Fine ceilings over with wire work wreaths of leaves, etc in centre and with a swagged cornice (similar to that at Newbold Verdon Hall, Leicester). A room at top of back stairs (also partly c1680) has bolection moulded panelling and a fireplace with Delft tiles (now boarded 1983). Built for a branch of the Farnham family. Pevsner. |
The description above describes the salient features of the building as it was at the date of listing. It is given in order to aid identification; it is not intended to be either comprehensive or exclusive.
Statutory Listing covers all parts of the property and its curtilage, ie all internal and external elements whether described or not.