Description

ST12NE NORTON FITZWARREN CP

4/153 Montys Court

25.2.55

II

House. Circa 1840. Probably by Richard Carver, for Sir John Slade. Roughcast, stone plinth, Ham stone
dressings, slate roof, gable fronted, coped verges with kneelers, paired octagonal buff brick stacks on
Ashlar plinth. Plan: main block left, recessed service wing right. Tudor style. Two and a half and 2
storeys, 3:3 bays. all window openings under square hoodmoulds with flat rusticated surrounds, windows left
2 and 3-light mullioned windows, ground floor 3-light mullioned and transomed windows flanking single storey
castellated porch, depressed 4-centred arch moulded doorcase, decorative spandrels, panelled double doors,
heraldic achievement above with motto 'Fidus et audax', side-lights, mullioned 4-light windows to recessed
wing right. Long 1:3 bay garden front left return, full height canted bay. Interior not sighted. The
house took its name from Montys Farm (not included) to the North. Richard Carver worked far, the Slade family
at Maunsel, North Newton and is known to have been working at Monty's Court in 1844.

Listing NGR: ST1782226340

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26313569

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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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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  For the Record
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)