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.[1]
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."[2] 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."[3] Sometime in the late 19th century it was the home of 'Johnson's Celebrated Ointment Manufactory.'
The Blue Bell Inn, Wrinehill, viewed from the south, August 2008; since demolished
Though a small village, Wrinehill formerly boasted 3 public houses: The Crown Inn,[4] The Hand and Trumpet[5] and the Blue Bell Inn (though the last has recently been demolished).
