Description

WATLEDGE ROAD
1.
5227
(north-east side)
Theescombe
Dunkirk Manor
(formerly listed under
Amberley)
SO 8400 5/3 30.5.51.
II* GV
2.
Remodelled circa 1800 for John Cooper (a miller) incorporating older buildings.
Ashlar and rendering. Three storeys. Seven windows, glazing bar sashes
with architraves. Continuous first floor cill; moulded string course at
second floor level; moulded cornice and blocking course. Bracketted pediment
of 3 central windows with large carved rosette. Left hand return of 3 windows
with a 2-storey angled bay to right (emphasising that the present house is
a reworking of the previous 2-storey house). Plain Tuscan portico with walled-up
sides. Courtyard to rear has circa 1700 features (eg plinth, mullion window
with drip) and a 2 arch loggia of 1877 supporting a bathroom.
Linked by auxilliary building to pavilion on north side. Interior: late
C18-style fireplaces with rosettes and paterae, on ground floor.

Listing NGR: SO8463700635

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17538018

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Recommended Books

• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings