Description

GAYTON BACK STREET
TF 71 NW
6/16 Gayton Hall
II
Country House, c.1800, erected as shooting box for St. Andrew St. John (1766-
1836). Gault brick, slate roof. Irregular plan in several builds; raised
to 3 storeys. Principal facade to south-west: 7 bays in 3 ranges each under
hipped slate roof, central range of 3 bays with bowed facade higher than ranges
to left and right. Ground floor with semi-circular headed recesses containing
sashes with glazing bars reaching low, flat arches; bay 2 with reset classical
doorway having fanlight with glazing bars, curved glass panes to bowed sashes
of bays 3-5; sashes with glazing bars to first and second floor, those to
second floor of 6 panes; all sashes recessed. Bays 6 and 7 c.1930 to match
bays 1-5. Right return of single bay, 3 storeys in Italianate style with
loggia to ground floor of 3 semi-circular headed brick arches; sashes with
glazing bars. Left return: 2 bays 3 storeys with additional 2 bays to left
raised to 3 storeys; sashes of decreasing height with glazing bars. Doorcase
to right of left addition with open pediment and semi-circular head.

Listing NGR: TF7313318996

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Gayton Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q16945567

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (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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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)