Description

FOWNHOPE CP FOWNHOPE
SO 53 SE
7/35 Fownhope Court
20.10.52
- II
Country house now divided into tenements. C17 core, remodelled C19, C20
alterations. Rendered sandstone rubble and brick with slate-roofs,
decorative brick shafts to stacks. L-plan with main range aligned north-
west/south-east facing south-west, rear wing extends to north-east, main
axial stacks toward north-west and south-east of main range with lateral
stack to rear, further axial stack to rear (former service) wing, former
main entrance to centre of south-west front. Two storeys, attic and cellar;
south-west front: two gabled bays flank narrow central bay, C20 windows in
gables, two 3-light mullioned and transomed windows to left and one similar
window and a 4-light window to outer bay to right of central 2-light window,
left outer window projects on moulded base with pointed arch-headed doorway
below with French casements, right outer bay with canted bay window. Mock
timbering in gables with decorative bargeboards. Window to left return
possibly of C17 date. Interior inaccessible.

Listing NGR: SO5793434732

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26473775

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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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)