Description

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5410 CASTLE EATON LUSHILL
Lushill House
SU 19 SE 5/103

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Probably circa 1797 and after. Two storeys (formerly 3 as result of Victorian
enlargement). Country villa reducer from Victorian castellated mansion and
extended in Georgian style 1965 (see rainwater heads). Ashlar with band over
ground floor and chamfered quoins. Parapet and moulded coping. Centre balustraded
with flanking urns. Concealed slate roof.
East front: 3 bays with slight centre break and glazing bar sash windows. Centre
first floor window has moulded architrave, ground floor side windows have moulded
architraves and cornices. Central solid portico with tripartite pillar arrangement
and glazed doorway (replaces Ionic portico in antis now on north front).
North front retains 2 storey bow with balustraded parapet to left. This has
been repeated (1965) to the right with a 3 bay section between which has 4
column Ionic portico in antis (from garden front).
Rainwater heads marked B (for Barker).
1965
Architect: Tom Bird.
Interior a very pleasant Georgian pastiche with oval top-lit stair hall. South-east
room retains original decoration.

Listing NGR: SU1614493995

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26273804

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)