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Little Paxton Hall

A Grade II* Listed Building in Little Paxton, Cambridgeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2515 / 52°15'5"N

Longitude: -0.2622 / 0°15'43"W

OS Eastings: 518727

OS Northings: 262898

OS Grid: TL187628

Mapcode National: GBR J3K.SML

Mapcode Global: VHGM7.DNRW

Plus Code: 9C4X7P2Q+H4

Entry Name: Little Paxton Hall

Listing Date: 24 October 1951

Last Amended: 12 July 1983

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1162401

English Heritage Legacy ID: 54370

ID on this website: 101162401

Location: Little Paxton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, PE19

County: Cambridgeshire

District: Huntingdonshire

Civil Parish: Little Paxton

Built-Up Area: Little Paxton

Traditional County: Huntingdonshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire

Church of England Parish: Little Paxton St James

Church of England Diocese: Ely

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Description


LITTLE PAXTON THE GROVE
TL 16 SE
3/13 PAXTON HALL
24.10.51
GV II*

Mid C17 house with two cross-wings to North and South with
c.1738 insertion between the wings of five bays. Later C19
additions to South. Red brick, and rendered brick with
limestone dressings. Plain tile roofs; parapet gables to East
of cross-wings and hipped to West. Side stacks rebuilt in red
brick. Two storeys with attics. West facing C18 facade; nine
bays with cross-wings slightly projecting. Plastered, panelled
parapet, with moulded stone cornice with dentil enrichment.
Seven gabled dormer windows with alternate segmental and
triangular pediments. C19 hung sash windows with glazing bars
in recessed, moulded stone architraves with stone sills at both
floor levels. Central replacement panelled door in stone
architrave with dentils and broken triangular pediment supported
on scroll brackets. Stone plinth. Two rainwater heads dated
1738. Interior has some original C18 moulded ceiling cornices
and plastered panels; exposed timber-frame partition wall,
newel post to original C17 dog-leg stair, C17 side purlin roofs,
with later C18 roof extension to West facade.
R.C.H.M. (Hunts.), p203


Listing NGR: TL1872762898

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