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Latitude: 52.2732 / 52°16'23"N
Longitude: -2.1834 / 2°11'0"W
OS Eastings: 387581
OS Northings: 263913
OS Grid: SO875639
Mapcode National: GBR 1F7.DSH
Mapcode Global: VH92G.34K5
Plus Code: 9C4V7RF8+7J
Entry Name: Heron's Tower About 35 Yards South-East of Westwood House
Listing Date: 14 March 1969
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1173901
English Heritage Legacy ID: 148140
Location: Westwood, Wychavon, Worcestershire, WR9
County: Worcestershire
Civil Parish: Westwood
Traditional County: Worcestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Worcestershire
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
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