- Wingerworth Hall
Wingerworth Hall, demolished
1927 , was the ancestral home of the Hunloke family in the village ofWingerworth ,Derbyshire ,England . It was built on an elevated site and completed in1724 by an unknown architect. The house was in the rare style of understatedBaroque peculiar to England. The rectangular building was on three floors raised above asemi-basement , thus causing to the principal rooms to be on apiano nobile reached from a broad straight external staircase. The principal façade was of threebay s with the central entrance bay projecting. The ornament was chaste, alleviated by only by thearchitrave of the central entrance which supported a broken pediment,quoin ing at the extremities of the building and massivekey stone s above each window. The roof was hidden by a balustrade decorated by urns alternating with stonesphere s. This format of design was typical of the rare late English Baroque, and can be seen in a less sophisticated form atSherborne House in Dorset and in its full fruition at Chatsworth andEaston Neston . The interior of Wingerworth was arranged around a central double height hall described as "a model of English Baroque" [Worsley, p 35]By the end of the 19th century the Hunloke's fortune was severely depleted and the house was let to tennants. In 1920 it was offered for sale. Failing to find a purchaser wishing to reside in the house, the Hunloke family sold it to a demolition contractor, and its interiors were stripped and sold. One of the rooms is, today, displayed in the
Saint Louis Art Museum ,Missouri . [St Louis Art Museum [http://www.wingerworth.org.uk/around.htm] ]Notes
References
*cite book
last = Worsley
first = Giles
year = 2002
title = England's lost Houses
publisher = Aurum Press
location = London
id = ISBN 1 85410 820 4
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