Description

SE51SW HAMPOLE BANNISTER LANE
(east side, off),
Skelbrooke

2/49 Skelbrooke Hall

5.6.68

GV II

Country house. Early C18. Rubble limestone, C20 tile roof. 3 storeys, 5 bays
with single-bay projection set back on left the angle infilled by a single-storey
block. Large quoins, chamfered plinth. Enclosed, early C19, sandstone ashlar
porch has double doors and fanlight with glazing bars flanked by Doric columns,
pediment. Sashes with glazing bars with soffit-moulded sills and projecting
square-faced surrounds. C19 modillioned eaves cornice. Hipped roof with transverse,
multiple-flue ridge stacks; small end stack on right, front-wall stack to bay set
back on left. Rear: later external steps. One window retains hoodmould. Enlarged
double-chamfered surrounds above dripmould. Right return: extensive remains of
double-chamfered window surrounds. 2 round-headed stair windows with glazing bars.

Interior: ground-floor room to left has keyed arch to Ionic fireplace; achievement
of arms over with eagle. Ionic pilasters to other walls, plaster festoons and floral
drops, plaster mirror surround crowned by swan. C18 staircase has turned balusters,
handrail surmounted by later, cross-braced, openwork panels. lst-floor room to front
right has early C18, raised, fielded panelling. Room to front left with excellent
plaster ceiling with circular panel in Adam style.

Former house of the Neville family. Plaster panels in ground-floor room taken from
same moulds as Blenheim Palace. Captain John Brown, adjutant to John Churchill,
1st Duke of Marlbrough, at the Battle of Blenheim said to be associated with the
house.

Listing NGR: SE5113112278

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26486511

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)