Description

1. 5135 OLD WOLVERTON ROAD Old Wolverton Longueville Court (formerly listed as The Rectory) SP 8041 2/10 12.6.53.

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2. Circa 1729. 2 storey limestone house, ashlar with hipped slate roofs of 2 slopes with stone based chimneys at gable ends. 5 windows, glazing bar sashes, with wide moulded cases flush with the face, stone lintel with keystone, plinth and band at 1st floor level. Central entrance has early C17 stone doorcase salvaged from Wolverton Manor, demolished 1725. Semi-circular headed doorway flanked by 2 reeded Corinthian columns supporting large broken pediment with the arms of the Longuevilles in tympanum and with strapwork on soffit of lintel. In the centre above the platband and on both sides of the pediment is a section of Doric order frieze. A late canted bay window of 3 lights to right of the doorway. Lower 2 storey wing to south in rubble. 3 light sashes to right with glazing bars and keystones, single light sash with glazing bars and keystone to left. Brick porch and steps to entrance at rear in courtyard containing a pump. Interior said to contain a C17 pedimented doorway from the old Manor, which has the Longueville crest in the pediment and grotesques in the spandrels. Also a section of C12 dogtooth from the original Church (qv) (R.C.H.M.).

Listing NGR: SP8034741248

External Links

• Wikidata Q26418340

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