Flats 1, 2, 3, Porch House, Bell Tower, Cloisters, South Wing, Pediment, Corner House And Tower House At Dingley Hall

Heritage listing

Details DINGLEY HARBOROUGH ROAD SP78NE (North side) 3/40 Flats 1,2,3, Porch House, Bell 25/10/51 Tower, Cloisters, South Wing, Pediment, Corner House and Tower House at Dingley Hall (Formerly listed as Dingley Hall) - I Country house, now 10 dwellings. Originally Pre-Reformation preceptory of the knights Hospitalers of St. John but mainly 1558-60 for Edward Griffin and 1670's and 1680's for Sir Edmund Griffin; the latter work is probably by Hugh May or Captain W. Winde. Limestone, lias and ironstone ashlar with Swithland slate roof. Originally courtyard plan now irregular U-shape with projecting wings. Late C17 main front of 8-window range of C20 casements with glazing bars in original openings with moulded stone architraves. String course between floors. Dentilled wood cornice and 5 roof dormers with wood pediments have C20 roof windows between. Hipped roof with ashlar stacks, with moulded cornices, at ridge and eaves. Late C17 projecting wing to left is similar of 3-window range with rusticated quoins. Fine mid C16 porch relocated C19 on end of wing has pairs of fluted Corinthian columns at ground floor flanking 4-centred arch head opening with frieze above. C20 first floor casement in original opening has moulded stone surround with pediment over and ball finials at base and apex. Square panels with rosettes around window and flanking shafts terminating as bulbous pinnacles. Central moulded flourish with volutes and shell. Return walls of porch are similar. Mid C16 wing projects to right of main front and is the rear of the gatehouse. 4-window range of 3-light stone mullion windows, 3 with arch-head lights and one with transom. 2 to left are flanked by pilasters rising from 4-bay ground floor open arcade, of arches with 4-centred heads. Range to right of arcade has 2

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.