Wolterton Hall

Wolterton Hall
North elevation
Wolterton Hall is located in Norfolk
Wolterton Hall
General information
TypeHistoric house
Architectural styleGeorgian
Town or cityNear Aylsham, Norfolk, NR11 7LY
CountryEngland
Coordinates52°50′26″N 1°12′37″E / 52.840635°N 1.210311°E / 52.840635; 1.210311
Completed1742
Inaugurated1725
Renovated1828
ClientHoratio Walpole
Technical details
Structural systemBrick, Portland stone cladding (ground floor)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Thomas Ripley
George Stanley Repton (east wing, 1828)
Other designersCharles Bridgeman (parkland and lake)
William Gilpin (gardens)
Website
Wolterton Hall website
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated25 February 1952
Reference no.1049875[1]

Wolterton Hall, is a large country house in the ecclesiastical parish of Wickmere with Wolterton and the civil parish of Wickmere in the county of Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.[2] The present hall was commissioned by the 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton and completed in 1742, it was designed by the architect Thomas Ripley who was a protégé[3] of Lord Walpole and his brother Sir Robert Walpole.

  1. ^ "Wolterton Hall – Wickmere – Norfolk – England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ^ OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East (A3 ed.). Ordnance Survey. 21 July 2008. p. 1. ISBN 9780319240380.
  3. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1976). Norfolk: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England). Penguin Books Ltd. p. 347 - section 1030. ISBN 9780300096071.