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The Garden Fete at Carlton Hall

Courtesy of H Brown

Carlton Hall
Carlton on Trent
England

Concerning the architecture of the hall, Pevsner (Nottinghamshire, p94) notes:- 'Carlton Hall, nearly opposite the church. Large and completely of brick. According to the Architectural Publications Society Dictionary by John Johnson of Leicester, but Joseph Pocklington, the Newark Banker for whom it was built, was an amateur architect himself. To the road, five-bay, two and a half storey centre, dated 1765, with two full height canted bays and Venetian windows between. Bays linked by a Doric columned porch. Two three bay wings, possibly slightly later, each with an open pediment inside a larger pediment, all with modillion cornices. The garden front of the central block has a flat facade with a three bay pediment and a stone doorcase with Doric half-columns. The whole composition is reminiscent of Paine. Inside, a well planned staircase with a wrought iron crinoline balustrade. Modest Georgian features in most of the rooms, except the Drawing Room, which occupies one of the wings on the garden front. This (nearly two storeys high) has fine plasterwork on the walls and ceiling in provincial Adam style. Marble fireplace supported by two well carved Atlantes.'

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