Description

TL 72 NW,
2/128

GREAT SALING,
THE STREET (East Side),
Saling Grove

G.V.

II

House. Circa 1754 with C19 additions and alterations. Plastered brick. Hipped
grey slate roof. Red brick chimney stack to right. 3 storeys. Parapet, raised
to 3 central bays. 2:3:2 window range of vertically-sliding sashes with
internal panelled shutters. 2 bands. Central 3-bay flat headed portico with
moulded capitals and bases to 4 support columns. Fine Corinthian door surround
with moulded and dentilled frieze and pediment. Stone dogs to right and left of
portico. 6-panelled door. To the left is a gault-brick extension with grey
slate roof hipped to left. One gault-brick chimney stack. Moulded eaves
cornice, central band. 2 storeys. 3 window range of vertically sliding sashes
with gauged brick arches. To the rear of this extension is a large clock tower
of gault brick of 4 stages above the roof level. The first has a vertically-sliding sash window with gauged brick arch with moulded outward splayed cornice
over. Plain second stage with moulded band over, third stage with clock face,
moulded band and moulded pediment over, fourth stage with sounding louvre,
extended moulded band surmounted by a circular, lead covered dome with wrought-
iron weathercock. Internal C18 & C19 finishings and staircase. Situated in
grounds landscaped by Humphry Repton. Believed to be the only remaining house
in Essex of Georgian period completed with Repton Garden. Mentioned V & A
Exhibition 1983.

Listing NGR: TL7024525350

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26415906

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)