Listed buildings in Nottingham (Wollaton West ward)
Wollaton West ward is an electoral ward in the city of Nottingham, England. The ward contains 42 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, three are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The ward contains the village of Wollaton, and the surrounding area. The most important building in the ward is Wollaton Hall, which is listed together with associated structures and buildings in the garden, the grounds, and in Wollaton Park. The other listed buildings are in the village, and include houses, cottages, and associated structures, a church, headstones in the churchyard, the former rectory, a village pump in a shelter, a dovecote and a telephone kiosk.
The church has been altered and extended through the centuries, including additions and a restoration in 1885–87 by C. Hodgson Fowler. It is built in stone with slate roofs, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a chancel, a south chapel, and a west steeple. The steeple has a tower with two stages, diagonal buttresses, pointed arched openings in the lower stage on the north and south sides, later glazed, a clock face on the west side, two-light bell openings, an embattledparapet, and a recessed octagonal spire with lucarnes. Inside the church are many monuments. The boundary wall is in stone with rounded coping, and it extends for about 60 metres (200 ft).[2][3]
A stone house on a plinth, with dressings in stone and brick, and a tile roof with a single copedgable and kneelers. There are two storeys and an attic and two bays. In the centre is a Tudor arched doorway, the ground floor windows are casements, in the upper floor are horizontally-sliding sash windows, and the attic contains a blocked window with a hood mould.[4][5]
The pond was designed by Robert Smythson, it originally had a central fountain, and was later moved to its present site. The pond has a circular plan with slightly raised sandstone edging and lining, brick footings, and a lead pipe.[6][7][8]
A country house designed by Robert Smythson, it has since been altered, and it was converted into a museum in 1925. It is built in Ancasterlimestone with lead roofs, and has a square plan with symmetrical fronts. In the centre is a two-storey block with a basement and four bays, surmounted by a prospect room with a balustrade and corner bartizan turrets. The block is flanked by two-storey single bays, and projecting three-storey towers with shaped gables and pinnacles. In the centre of the entrance front, steps with balusters lead up to a round-arched recessed doorway flanked by Doric columns and Ionicpilasters. Above the doorway is a scrolled elongated corbelkeystone, an entablature and a balustrade.[9][10]
The dovecote, later used for other purposes, is in red brick on a plinth, with string courses, an eaves band, and a pantile roof with plain tile verges, and a central glover with a pyramidal roof. There are two storeys and a rectangular plan. In the south front is a doorway with a four-centred arched head and a hood mould, and in the north front is a stable door flanked by two-light casement windows, all with segmental heads.[4][11]
The wall, in stone and brick, is about 200 metres (660 ft) long, and in the centre are steps with a straight upper flight and a half-round lower flight. The balustrade is in stone, with pedestals, and cast iron columns linked by chains. At the west end is a coped stone wall containing an integral stone bench, flanked by pedimentedniches.[12][13]
Four identical statue bases on the upper south terrace of the garden, they are in Hollingtonsandstone. Each base consists of a pedestal with a moulded base and cornice, and a plain shaft.[14]
The wall, which has been restored, is in red brick with gabled brick coping. It is about 2.24 metres (7 ft 4 in) high and extends for about 1,300 metres (4,300 ft). A gateway has been cut through the wall.[15]
The headstones are in the churchyard of St Leonard's Church, Wollaton to the south of the south chapel. They are in stone; the left headstone has an ogee head and the date 1717, and the two to the right are scroll-headed with illegible inscriptions.[16]
The headstone is in the churchyard of St Leonard's Church, Wollaton to the southeast of the south chapel. It is in stone, and has an arched top with shoulders.[17]
The ranges, which were later extended and subsequently used for other purposes, including as a museum. They are in sandstone and brick with roofs of Westmorlandslate and tile, and have two storeys. The buildings form three courtyards, with two quadrangles and a cart yard, and include square pavilions with pyramidal roofs, and a dovecote. The stable range has 13 bays, the ground floor is rusticated, with a plinth, a floor band, a cornice and a parapet. The middle three bays project and contain an engaged Ionicportico, a triangular pediment with a decorative Rococotympanum containing a coat of arms and carved figures, and a clock in a decorated surround. The central entrance has a round arch with a keystone, and a doorway with a fanlight, flanked by niches. The ground floor windows have round-arched heads, and those in the upper floor are sashes with shouldered architraves.[19][20]
The cottage is in brick on a stone plinth, with quoins at the rear, a mouldedstring course, cogged eaves, and a pantile roof with copedgables. There is a single storey and an attic, four bays, and a single-storey extension at the rear. The doorway has a double pointed-arched fanlight, the windows are casements with triple pointed-arched heads, and at the rear is a through-eaves dormer.[4][21]
Four houses, later combined into two, in brick, with dentilledeaves, and a tile roof with copedgables and kneelers. There are two storeys and attics and three bays. There are three doorways with fanlights, one with a segmental head, and most of the windows have flat brick arches.[22]
The boathouse was designed to appear like a bridge. It is in brick with stone keystones and impost bands, and replacement concrete coping. Facing the lake are five graduated round arches leading to barrel vaults, the outer ones blind, and the inner ones with wrought iron gates. At the rear, the central chamber has a projecting gable.[23][24]
A row of five, later four, cottages in brick, with tile roofs and copedgables. There are two storeys and seven bays. The windows are horizontally-sliding sashes with two lights, and all the ground floor openings have segmental heads.[25]
A row of three cottages in red brick on a renderedplinth, with a tile roof, hipped on the left. There are two storeys and three bays. The windows are casements with two lights, and all the ground floor openings have segmental heads.[26]
The wall is in brick on an incomplete stone plinth, it has brick coping, it is about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high, and extends for about 800 metres (2,600 ft). The wall contains three pairs of panelled square gate piers with cross-gabled stone caps, and a smaller gateway.[27]
The wall is in brick with gabled brick coping and is ramped at the west end. It is about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high, and extends for about 35 metres (115 ft).[30]
The cottage and the outbuildings are in brick. The cottage has a hipped tile roof, two storeys, an L-shaped plan, and three bays. The windows and doorway have pointed heads, the doorway has a fanlight, and the windows are casements with Gothictracery. To the right are two ranges of single-storey outbuildings with irregular fenestration, the nearer one with a roof of Westmorlandslate and tile, and the other with copedgables.[31]
The ha-ha is in brick with chamfered stone coping. It borders the northeast side of the lake, and runs in a straight line for about 800 metres (2,600 ft).[32][33]
The barn, which has been converted for other uses, is in red brick, and has a tile roof with copedgables. There are two storeys, three bays and single-storey extensions. It contains a blocked central segmental-headed doorway with a smaller doorway inserted, a hatch and windows with segmental heads, and three tiers of vents. Attached at the north end is the former cartshed, with a single storey and nine bays, and brick piers to the openings.[34]
The vase and pedestal on the lower south terrace are in sandstone. The vase is shallow and has acanthus leaf carved moulding to the soffit. The pedestal and foot were added in the mid-19th century. The pedestal has a square moulded base, a cornice and a plain shaft.[35]
The house is in stuccoed and painted brick on a plinth, with a gutter on wooden brackets, and slate roofs. The main block has two storeys and three bays, and most of the windows are sashes. In the centre of the front is a doorway with a traceriedfanlight, and a cornice on brackets. To its right is a two-storey cantedbay window, and to its left is a single-storey canted bay window. In the left gable end is a two-storey canted bay window, and at the rear is an extension with a round-headed stair window. To the left is a two-storey service wing on a partial plinth, with dentilledeaves.[4][36]
The walls enclosing the garden are in red brick with sandstonecoping, and some were heated, with the remains of fire holes. They are about 3.8 metres (12 ft) high, they form a parallelogram plan about 125 metres (410 ft) square, and contain gateways, some with square brick piers. On the northwest side are two lean-to bothies with nine two-light windows, in the centre is a group of store sheds, and to the west is a lean-to mushroom house with ten windows.[37]
The two mounting blocks are in stone and about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high. Each has a square stepped pedestal with mounting block on the inner side, and is surmounted by a large ball finial.[38]
The house is in brick with a pantile roof, two storeys and three bays. It contains a doorway, casement windows with segmental heads in the ground floor, and horizontally-sliding sash windows with flat heads in the upper floor. The two single-storey outbuildings to the north contain a casement window and two sashes.[39]
The temple is in stone, and has a brick parapet with sandstonecoping, and a flat roof. There is a single storey and three bays. It consists of an open loggia, with two outer pilasters and two inner columns in Roman Doric style, and a painted wooden cornice. On the inner rendered walls are oval panels with reliefs depicting mythological themes, dated 1588. To the northeast is a projecting niche with a round-arched window. On the northwest and southeast ends are segmental-arched doorways, the latter with a decorative wrought iron grille. Adjoining the temple is a bridge over a ha-ha, consisting of a single elliptical brick arch with stone coping, the parapet walls fanning out.[19][40]
The wall is in red brick with mouldedcoping, it is about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high, and it extends for about 400 metres (1,300 ft) in a U-shaped curve. On the southwest side are buttresses and a doorway, and on the south side is a pair of square brick piers and wrought iron gates.[41]
The camellia house is in cast iron, the north and west walls are in stuccoed brick, and the other walls and roof are glazed. There is a single storey, an irregular octagonal plan, and ten bays. The bays are divided by Doric columns with urns, and a cornice with breaks. At the east end is a window in a round-arched recess under a pediment, and at the north end are double doors and a parapet. Inside, the paths are flanked by slender columns with foliage capitals, and over the paths are sheet-iron segmental vaults.[19][42]
The gazebo is in stone on a plinth, with corner pilasters, an impost band, an entablature, and a lead copedparapet. There is a single storey, a square plan, and a single bay. On each side is a round-arched opening with a keystone, and on the southwest is a doorway with a fanlight, above which is a bell bracket.[19][43]
The rectory, later a private house, was later extended, and is stuccoed, on a plinth, with floor bands, and hipped slate roofs. The main block has three storeys and fronts of three bays, and most of the windows are sashes. In the centre of the garden front is a three-storey cantedbay window, flanked by two-storey bay windows. The right return contains a central Doricportico with an entablature and an elliptical-arched double doorway, and in the right return is a two-storey bow window. The extension has two storeys and two bays.[4][44]
The village pump and shelter are on a traffic island near a road junction. The pump is in the centre of the shelter, it is in cast iron in a wooden case, and has a stone trough. The shelter has a square plan, at each corner is a square post, with a bracket, on a stone pad. The posts carry a concave pyramidal roof with shaped slates, and a shaped lead-covered finial.[4][45]
The gateway is flanked by square brick piers, and serpentine walls with moulded stone coping. The boundary wall is in brick with moulding brick coping, it includes a blocked gateway, and extends for about 70 metres (230 ft).[46]
The lodge, which was later extended, is in red brick with a hippedslate roof. The original part has a single storey, the addition has two storeys and an attic, and the lodge has an L-shaped plan. The ground floor windows have flat brick arches and a linked hood mould, and on the road side is a hip roofed through-eavesdormer.[48]
The ice house is in brick, and consists of an oval earth mound covering two brick-vaulted oval chambers. There are two round-arched tunnel entrances with segmental-arched doorways.[49]
The wall is in brick, mainly rendered, with stone dressings and slab coping. It curves, and retains a hillside into which the ice house is set. At the end nearer the hall is a flight of semicircular steps leading to a path flanked by cast iron railing, and set into the wall is a water trough. Set into the slope is a round-arched tunnel entrance to the ice house.[50]
The boundary wall is in brick with mouldedcoping. In the centre is a gateway flanked by square brick piers with stone slab caps, and between them are wrought iron gates.[51]
The K6 type telephone kiosk north of the stable range was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. Constructed in cast iron with a square plan and a dome, it has three unperforated crowns in the top panels.[52]
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