Description

SO 86 SE WESTWOOD CP WESTWOOD PARK

4/244 Heron's Tower about 35 yards south-east - of Westwood House 14.3.69 GV I

Garden pavilion, now house. 1660-70 for Sir John Pakington, as part of the alterations to his grandfather's hunting lodge, Westwood House (qv) to convert it into the main family home; restored by Sir Reginald Blomfield early C20 and altered mid-C20. Red brick in English bond with sandstone ashlar dressings and untouched by classicism apart from fishscale-tiled, two-stage ogee cupola with cut finial. Square plan; three storeys on chamfered plinth with moulded eaves cornice. First floor has stone mullioned and transomed windows, and second floor has 2-light mullioned windows. Former main entrance in north elevation has a studded door and rectangular light to left; present main entrance in C20 single storey hipped-roof extension to east elevation. Upper south-east corners each have tourelle-like stone chimneys with octagonal shafts. There were originally four garden pavilions linked to the house and the gatehouse (qv) by a series of low walls forming a dramatic composition, as shown by Kip's illustration of c1698. The two westernmost pavilions and all the enclosures were removed during the C18. (CL xii, 689; Lxiv, 50, 94; cxiii, 1698; cxxxiv, 738; VCH III (i); BoE).

Listing NGR: SO8758163914

External Links

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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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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)