Wrinehill
| Wrinehill | |
| Staffordshire, Cheshire | |
|---|---|
 Wrinehill Summerhouse | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SJ752470 |
| Location: | 53°1’12"N, 2°22’12"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Crewe |
| Postcode: | CW3 |
| Dialling code: | 01782 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Newcastle-under-Lyme |
Wrinehill, is a village in north-west Staffordshire and southern Cheshire. It lies on the A531 road which, for a part, forms the county border. It lies a 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.[1]
Second, it is still home to the Wrinehill Summer House, a Grade-II 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 façade with giant pilasters, pediments and segmented headed windows."[2] 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."[3] Sometime in the late 19th century it was the home of 'Johnson's Celebrated Ointment Manufactory.'
Though a small village, Wrinehill at one time boasted three public houses: The Crown Inn,[4] The Hand and Trumpet[5] and the Blue Bell Inn (though the last has recently been demolished).
References
- ↑ The Old Medicine House
- ↑ Michael Raven, A Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country, 2004, page 210
- ↑ Michael Raven, A Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country, 2004, page 34
- ↑ 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, Wrinehill
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