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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544063

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