Description

SU 37 SE KINTBURY

10/27 Wormestall

II

Country House. Mid C19, Italianate. Ashlar with slate hipped roofs.
Double rectangle plan with west service wing. Main block 2 storeys and
basement, west wing 3 storeys and basement. Arcaded, bracketted and
corniced brick chimneys with stone cappings, impost blocks and keystones,
bracketted corniced eaves, channelled ground floor, vermiculated quoins,
voussoirs and keystones on ground floor, wide first floor band and moulded
plinth. North Elevation: main block, slight forward breaks on flanking
panels each with 2 plain sashes, central pair of coupled sashes flanked
by single sashes. On ground floor is a central closed porch with double
ionic columns supporting frieze, cornice and blocking course. Central
semi-circular headed double doors with bolection moulded panels in surround
of corinthian pilasters supporting moulded arch with keystone, approached
by 5 stone steps flanked by stone balustrade and urns. West wing: set
back slightly, plain finish with first floor band, 2 cross glazed sashes
on upper floors and 2 glazing bar sashes on ground floor. South Elevation:
Main block - 5 sashes on first floor each with sliding shutters in
architrave surrounds with shoulders, curved heads and key stones. On the
ground floor large canted bays of 3 sashes with bracketted cornices and
blocking courses flanking a central semi-circular headed french casement
with a surround of tuscan pilasters supporting frieze cornice and blocking
course.

Listing NGR: SU3972071044

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26410788

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5