Description

GREAT BURDON THE GREEN
NZ 31 NW (East side)

5/28 Burdon House

GV II

House. Probably mid C18 core encased in early C19. Gable end of original
house in narrow hand-made brick is visible on right return; front refaced in
header-bond brickwork; returns and rear in English garden wall bond, 5+1.
French-tiled roof. Rendered brick chimney stacks.

2 storeys, 3 bays. Central 5-panel door in architrave with swept base,
patterned frieze and cornice. Boxed sashes, under rubbed-brick flat arches
with projecting keystones, have stone sills: 8-pane sash above door; paired
8-pane sashes in end bays. Eaves band. Roof has stone-coped gables and
shaped kneelers. End stacks. Lean-to, single-storey addition on left has
replaced 6-panel door on front and two 12-pane horizontal-sliding sashes on
return. Large 12-pane round-arched stair window on rear.

Interior: entrance hall retains probably C18 cornice; remainder refitted in
early C19 (6-panel doors; dogleg staircase with stick balusters).

Listing NGR: NZ3183616491

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26481193

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)