Ruswarp Hall

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Ruswarp Hall

Image: © Pauline E Taken: 18 Feb 2014

Now a hotel, the building dates from the 17th century. It was built in the reign of James 1, about 1603, by Nicholas Bushell, a prosperous merchant and ship owner. Built of red brick with stone dressings, the building is mainly laid out on two floors. The main entrance is centrally placed and the mullioned windows, seven wide, are symmetrically placed across the front, and have alternate straight and curved cleft pediments above them which are characteristic of the work of Inigo Jones.

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