Description

SU 3753 HURSTBOURNE TARRANT HORSEHOE LANE

10/3 Ibthorpe House
20 12 60
GV II*

Large house, associated with Jane Austen. Mid C18. Brick and tile.
Symmetrical front of 2 storeys and attic, 5 windows, with a lower wing at
back at the west side. Steep hipped roof with moulded and dentilled eaves
cornice: 3 dormers with cambered leaded heads and casements. Walls of
Flemish bond with blue headers, red flush quotas, rubbed flat arches, moulded
1st floor band, and high plinth (stepped below windows). Sashes in reveals.
Doorway with moulded canopy on carved brackets, panel above a plain architrave,
and double doors, above 2 steps. The west wing of 2 storeys, 1 window has a
brick dentil eaves and casements. There are massive stacks at each end with
moulded bases. The rear elevation has one hipped dormer, and irregular
fenestration, colourwashed brickwork and sashes. A small service block at the
north-east corner has a hipped slate roof and flint walls with brick dressings.
Jane Austen here attended the wedding of her sister Mary to Mr. Lloyd (owner)
and was afterwards a frequent visitor.

Listing NGR: SU3766653801

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17535385

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings