Description

ST02NE WIVELISCOMBE WITHOUT CP

3/120 Abbotsfield

11.7.75

- II

Country House, now flats. Circa 1872. Architect Owen Jones, for Lacey Collard,
piano manufacturer. Squared red sandstone rubble masonry, with white limestone
dressings, quoins, dentil cornice, West Somerset slate roof. Entrance facade: 3
bay single storey block, central porch, gabled Y tracery dormers, 2 storey
gabled bay left with acroteria as finials, and coping stones. 3 and a half
storey pyramid-roof staircase tower to right, 2 and 3 light mullioned and
transomed windows. Ballroom wing with rondel in gable projects forward right, 2
storey L-shaped servants block with stables beyond to left. Garden facade: 4 bay
loggia with balustrade and gabled Y-tracery dormers above, between 2 storey
gabled wings with splayed bay windows at ground floor, conservatory to left.
Remarkably eclectic detailing. Interior not of interest. One of the few
buildings designed by Owen Jones, the influential Victorian design theorist; and
the only one surviving.

Listing NGR: ST0725027871

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Abbotsfield at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q18708737

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)