Description

TF 6941 OLD HUNSTANTON HUNSTANTON PARK

7/70 The Octagon.
5/6/53
- II*

Garden building. c.1640 for Sir Hamon Le Strange (b.1583) 3rd Bt. possibly
by William Edge, stonemason, then engaged by Sir Roger Townshend at Raynham
Hall. Squared, coursed carstone with galletting, cut stone details moulded
and rubble brick, C20 flat roof in temporary materials. Octagonal on plan,
single storey with a classical frontispiece. Cut stone frontispiece entrance
occupying a whole bay with stone plinth, smooth drafted rustication above.
Central arched doorcase with simple architrave surround with central voussoir
keystone, more fully moulded closed pediment above with modillion cornice
and console brackets. C20 temporary boarded door. Rustication partly
continued into adjoining bays, each with alternately blocked or open mullioned
and transomed cross windows with pediments and rusticated surrounds either
of cut stone or chamfered brick, originally stuccoed now partly exposed.
Smooth rusticated quoins at angles. Battlemented parapet with stone string
course and copings. Said to have been built to remove the noise of Sir Hamon's
violin playing from Hunstanton Hall. "a notable reflection of the Court style
of Inigo Jones in a remote country setting" : H.M. Colvin, Biographical
Dictionary of British Architects 1600 -"1840, (1978), p.281.

Listing NGR: TF6917441631

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17554991

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)