Okeover Hall

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Okeover Hall
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Okeover Hall
General information
TypeHouse
LocationOkeover, Staffordshire
Country England
Opened1747
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameOkeover Hall
Designated10 January 1953
Reference no.1231031 [1]

Okeover Hall is a privately owned Grade II* listed country house [2] [1] in Okeover, Staffordshire, England. It is the family seat of the Okeover family, who have been in residence since the reign of William Rufus. The house lies close to the border between Staffordshire and Derbyshire, which lies on the far side of the small River Dove. The Hall is not open to the public.

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The house and manor church (14th century, restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott) were pillaged by the Jacobite forces as they marched south to Swarkstone Bridge in 1745. In 1745–47, Leak Okeover had the old hall enlarged to Palladian designs by a London carpenter and joiner, Joseph Sanderson, a cousin of John Sanderson, the architect. [2] The house is a testament to the high level of education and competence that might be elicited from a well-trained Georgian craftsman.

The Georgian east wing is the oldest part of the house dating from 1745 to 1746. [2] A north wing was demolished in the early 19th century. The south and west wings were rebuilt 1953–60 to a sensitive Neo-Georgian design by Marshall Sisson. [2]

Stables at right angles to the house form a separate nine-bay range with a central pediment on Doric pilasters over three rusticated arches and are separately listed as Grade II. [3] [4]

A feature of the house is the Grade II* wrought iron inner gateway (1756) with armorial overthrow, by master smith Benjamin Yates, a pupil of Robert Bakewell, [5] and the outer gates, also Grade II*, by Bakewell himself. [6]

In 1887, the Hon. Maud Okeover married Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, a successful brewer of Gateacre, Liverpool (see Walker-Okeover baronets), who in 1884 had purchased Osmaston Manor in nearby Derbyshire. His son, Sir Peter Walker, the 2nd Baronet, married Ethel Okeover in 1899. Sir Ian Walker, the 3rd Baronet, inherited Okeover in 1956 and assumed the name of Walker-Okeover, demolished Osmaston Manor in 1964, and moved the family seat back to Okeover. The estate is currently owned by Sir Andrew Walker-Okeover, 5th Baronet.

Several members of the family have served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire and of Derbyshire.

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Okeover Hall (Grade II*) (1231031)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Images of England: architectural description of listed building Okeover Hall
  3. Heritage Gateway; architectural description of listed building, Okeover Hall Stables
  4. Historic England. "Stables approximately 50 yards north east of Okeover Hall (Grade II) (1231032)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  5. Historic England. "Inner gate piers, gates and railings to Okeover Hall (Grade II*) (1231033)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  6. Historic England. "Outer gates and gate piers to Okeover Hall (Grade II*) (1277410)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 17 January 2015.

Coordinates: 53°01′48″N1°45′57″W / 53.0301°N 1.7659°W / 53.0301; -1.7659