Wrinehill
The parish includes the Betley Mere SSSI.
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.
Second, it is still home to the Wrinehill Summer House, a grade 2 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 facade with giant pilasters, pediments and segmented headed windows." 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." Sometime in the late 19th century it was the home of 'Johnson's Celebrated Ointment Manufactory.'
Though a small village, Wrinehill formerly boasted 3 public houses: The Crown Inn, The Hand and Trumpet and the Blue Bell Inn (though the last has recently been demolished).
See also
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
External links
Media related to Wrinehill at Wikimedia Commons