Panelling
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
circa 1672
Materials
Oak
Place of origin
Unknown
Collection
Wilderhope Manor, Shropshire
NT 112220
Summary
Wood panelling lining the interior of the room (G11) introduced by Thomas Smalman in 1672 (date and initials ‘T.I(J?).S’ incorporated into the upper frieze of the west wall. The panelling is of small-square form with moulded stiles and rails (no dust ledge), double-pegged, of three full and one half row (to the base) and with a narrow upper frieze. T the west, the horizontal rails fit somewhat uncomfortably, staggered relative to the north and south walls, while the panels themselves are variant being enhanced with raised fields while the upper frieze is decorated. A small fireplace in the west wall is partly contiguous to the scheme of panelling, though the grate itself has been replaced in the 19th century, disturbing the panels to the south side. The room is list by a three-light stone-mullioned window in the north wall, adapted from an original two-light window in the 1930s; this modification necessitated a certain amount of intervention with the surrounding paneling. (Description taken from Historic Building Record & Assessment of Wilderhope Manor by Ric Tyler, January 2015)