Wrinehill

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 53.0201
longitude = -2.3699
official_name = Wrinehill
shire_district = Newcastle-under-Lyme
shire_county = Staffordshire
region = West Midlands
constituency_westminster= Newcastle-under-Lyme
post_town = CREWE
postcode_district = CW3
postcode_area = CW
dial_code = 01782
os_grid_reference = SJ752470

Wrinehill, also called Checkley cum Wrinehill, is a village in the north-west of Staffordshire on the A531 road lying adjacent to the southern border of Cheshire in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. For many years it was claimed by both counties but reportedly came under official Staffordshire administration in 1965. It lies 1 mile south of and forms a continuous linear settlement with Betley.

Architectural heritage

Wrinehill had two listed buildings of architectural interest. First, the early 16th century half-timbered Old Medicine House, which, when threatened with imminent demolition, was bought for £1, dismantled and rebuilt in 1971 at Blackden Heath, near Holmes Chapel in Cheshire. [ [http://www.theblackdentrust.dibben.org.uk/aboutus_medicinehouse.htm "The Old Medicine House"] ]

Second, it is still home to the Wrinehill Summer House, a grade 2 listed building dating from c.1700, formerly owned by the Earl of Wilton and now a private residence. Located on the main road opposite the Blue Bell Inn, the Summerhouse is a very impressive building; it "has three bays but, nevertheless, displays a grand facade with giant pilasters, pediments and segmented headed windows." [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hWTBe6Cx66YC&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210&dq=summerhouse+wrinehill&source=web&ots=WBgC3prWAD&sig=forchRlXZoF2c2Dbd_CAUs9VLjk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result Michael Raven, "A Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country," 2004, page 210] ] It is "an old home of Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton which has also been a barracks and a shop. It is built of brick on a stone base and inside is a handsome oak staircase...the flat roof, it is said, was for the Earl of Wilton to use as a view-point to watch the fox hunt." [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hWTBe6Cx66YC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=egerton+summerhouse+wrinehill&source=web&ots=WBgC3puTyD&sig=Q6wqiOmwgKfINpQZjKg0_N-NF0o&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result Michael Raven, "A Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country," 2004, page 34] ] Sometime in the late 19th century it was the home of 'Johnson's Celebrated Ointment Manufactory.'

Though a small village, Wrinehill boasts 3 public houses: The Crown Inn, [ [http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/restaurants/Crown-Inn-Wrinehill-Cookman-Review/article-229674-detail/article.html Alan Cookman, "The Crown Inn, Wrinehill: The Cookman Review," This is Staffordshire, 21-July-2008 (reprinted from The Sentinel, Dec 2007)] ] The Hand and Trumpet [ [http://www.brunningandprice.co.uk/hand/home/ "The Hand and Trumpet, Wrinehill"] ] and the Blue Bell Inn.

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