Description

SU 29 NW LECHLADE DOWNINGTON
(south side)

9/163 Downington House

GV II

Detached house. Early C18, with later extensions to rear probably
of C19. Coursed rubble stone with parapet, hipped stone slate
roof in 2 main sections, 2 large brick stacks. Squarish range,
mostly 2 storeys. Main front to north-east. Three bays to right
have very tall hipped roof with single hipped dormer facing south-
east, left-hand bay has separate lower hipped roof extending
backwards. Four windows, left-hand bay a 12-pane sash, 2 right-
hand bays 2-light stone mullion and transoms and bay to left of
centre with round stone arch and full length margin casements of
C19. Ground floor has 4-pane sash to left, two 2-light stone
mullion and transoms to right, all with continuous dripmould, and
stone doorcase left of centre with open pediment on consoles and
pilasters, painted out decorative radial fanlight and wide half-
glazed door with 2 lower recessed panels. In front of doorcase
and round-arched window is large square 2-storey porch and verandah
with swept lead roof in highly decorative woodwork, round-arched to
ground floor and straight-headed bays above.
Interior not accessible but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SU2079899645

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26381803

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)