Description

ST 92 SW BERWICK ST. JOHN -

5/42 Orangery and gatehouse at
Ashcombe House

GV II

Orangery or stables, now studio, with attached gatehouse. Early
C18. Flemish bond brick with limestone dressings, corrugated-
iron hipped roof. L-plan; the truncated remains of a larger
range, with the gatehouse formerly central. Single-storey, 5-bay
garden front with gatehouse to left and projecting 3-bay wing to
right. Round-arched gateway has Gibbs surround, dentilled
pediment with oculus, chamfered rusticated quoins, to right are
four round-arched openings with keystones and casements; formerly
2 windows and 2 doors, to right is arched doorway with fanlight.
Return of wing to right has 2 round-arched casements and central
door with fanlight, all in recessed arched panels with keystones,
front of wing has Venetian window with stone pilasters, cornice and
raised voussoirs to round-arched head, casements. Rear has
gatehouse with similar Gibbs surround to archway. Hipped roof has
brick parapet with stone coping.
Interior not accessible at time of survey (March 1985), but was
converted to a studio in 1930s by Cecil Beaton. The full extent
of this range is illustrated in early C18 painting, in Salisbury
Museum, partly demolished mid C18. (C. Beaton, Ashcombe - The
Story of a Fifteen Year Lease, 1949; NMR.)

Listing NGR: ST9336020155

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26479309

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)