Description

BLENHEIM
SP41NW
2/18 High Lodge and attached walls
27/08/57 (Formerly listed as High Lodge
Blenheim Park Combe, Oxon)
- II*

Hunting lodge, now house. c.1768, by Capability Brown. Coursed limestone rubble;
hipped Welsh slate roofs. 3-unit plan. Gothick style. Front, of 3-window range,
has central 3-storey tower flanked by 2-storey bays. 3-storey canted bay window
to centre: 2-light pointed-arched windows with applied wood frames above
pointed-arched doorway with studded door. Similar windows in flanking bays.
Raised storey and parapet bands; crenellated parapet. Similar windows to sides
and rear of tower have sashes with octagonal panes. Porches with crenellated
parapets to rear of flanking bays. To rear of tower is pointed arched doorway
with studded door, and crenellated walls enclosing yard of approximately 10 x 10
metres. Interior not inspected. Stands on site of medieval lodge.
(Blenheim Park is included in the HBMC Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I;
Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p474; D. Green, Blenheim Palace: 1951, pp30,
32-36)

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17531294

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)