Description

BUCKERELL
SY 10 SW

5/92 The Deer Park Hotel
22.2.55

II

Hotel. Circa late C18/early C19, possibly a remodelling of an earlier house.
Colourwashed and rendered; slate roof, concealed behind a parapet to the front block;
stacks with rendered shafts and grouped chimney-pots.
Plan: Long rectangular plan on a north/south axis, principal rooms facing the garden
at the south end, front door on the east elevation, service rooms to the north.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 7 bay garden (south) elevation with 2-storey bows
to left and right, each of 3 bays. Deep moulded cornice below the parapet, platband
at first floor level. The centre bay has a transomed, probably late C19 or C20
French window with glazing bars in a round-headed recess, the other windows all
appear to be original: a 12-pane sash with shutters to first floor centre, larger
similar sashes to the bows. The west (entrance) elevation has a mixture of C18 or
C19 sashes with small-panes, some tripartite, and a platband. The service wing, to
the right, is slightly set back. Internal porch in a 2-storey projection with a
pediment: the outer doorway flanked by paired columns with an entablature; 2-leaf
glazed inner front door with flanking glazed panels and a round-headed fanlight with
spoke glazing bars. The west elevation has late C18 or early C19 sash windows with
small panes and shutters, 2 ground floor canted bays are probably late C19 or C20
with high transomed French windows with glazing bars. At right angles to the west
elevation a probably Edwardian conservatory with a brick base and transomed lights
with round-headed arches and keyblocks.
Interior: Not thoroughly inspected but the principal rooms retain good mahogany
doors, cornices, Adam style fireplaces and a late C18/early C19 stair with turned
balusters.
Polwhele refers to a "noted park" in Buckerell, "of which Deer Park is supposed to
have been the ancient lodge", History of Devonshire (p.p. 1793, 1974 edn., vol. II,
p. 274.

Listing NGR: ST1313400161

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Deer Park Country House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26390256

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6