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Latitude: 51.0244 / 51°1'27"N
Longitude: -1.7593 / 1°45'33"W
OS Eastings: 416979
OS Northings: 125034
OS Grid: SU169250
Mapcode National: GBR 51W.L1R
Mapcode Global: FRA 766D.VTW
Plus Code: 9C3W26FR+Q7
Entry Name: The Round House
Listing Date: 4 July 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1183431
English Heritage Legacy ID: 319623
Location: Downton, Wiltshire, SP5
County: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Downton
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Charlton All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
DOWNTON DOWNTON ROAD
SU 12 NE
(off east side)
4/64 The Round House
II
Detached house. Early C19 with mid-C19 additions to south.
Flemish bond brick, Westmorland or Welsh slate roofs, brick stacks.
Octagonal house with rectangular additions. 2-storey and basement,
5-window front. C20 door in hipped-roofed porch to octagon, all
windows are C20 metal casements in Tudor-arched openings with
surviving Gothic glazing bars to heads. 2-brick plat band and
dentilled eaves course. Rear has C20 French windows to basement
with gauged brick Tudor-arched opening, C20 addition to left in
same style as rest, some earlier brickwork in header bond to base
of rear wall suggests earlier octagon on same site, possibly early
C18. Right return has C20 porch.
Interior undergoing extensive alteration at time of survey
(December 1984), by Longford Estate. Situated in picturesque
position on bank overlooking the River Avon, was probably
originally visible from Longford Castle (q.v.) and may have been
built as a landscape feature.
Listing NGR: SU1697925034
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