The Villa, Hood Green
Location/Address
The Villa, Hood Green Road, Hood Green, Stainborough
Type
Description
Detached stone built house with gabled frontage containing mullioned and transomed windows and lean-to porch. A western range to the building is rendered but conforms with the original footprint of the building depicted on the 1891 OS map. The roof is pitched and overhangs at the eaves with decorative barge boards. In the Gothic Revival style and most likely contemporary with The Gables to the west, which was built by F. W. T. V. Wentworth to house a lay-reader for the village and is of the same design. OS maps of 1906 and 1931 label the site as a Post Office (although, confusingly the "Old Post Office" is a name adopted by a building to the west).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
BuildingAge
1858-1891Rarity
One of a few examples of estate housing associated with Stainborough ParkArchitectural and Artistic Interest
Displays a level of architectural design that is unusual for the area, reflecting its association with Stainborough Park.Group Value
Forms part of a dispersed group of estate housing in Hood Green, which all broadly conform to the same style, making them recognisable. Forms a broader group with the buildings and designed parkland and gardens of Wentworth Castle.Historic Interest
The building has an important association with Stainborough Park, a Grade I Registered Park and Garden, and was most likely built as a post-office with attached post-master's house.
Date Listed
03 May 2024
Last Updated
27 Mar 2024
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