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Ickworth House

A Grade I Listed Building in Ickworth, Suffolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2203 / 52°13'12"N

Longitude: 0.6568 / 0°39'24"E

OS Eastings: 581581

OS Northings: 261332

OS Grid: TL815613

Mapcode National: GBR QF3.QWD

Mapcode Global: VHJGV.BGL9

Plus Code: 9F426MC4+4P

Entry Name: Ickworth House

Listing Date: 14 July 1955

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1205300

English Heritage Legacy ID: 363171

ID on this website: 101205300

Location: West Suffolk, IP29

County: Suffolk

District: West Suffolk

Civil Parish: Ickworth

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Horringer St Leonard

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

Tagged with: Historic house museum Mansion English country house

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Description


TL 86 SW
2/96
14.7.55

ICKWORTH
Ickworth House

I

Large country mansion, begun 1795 by Francis Sandys after designs by Mario
Asprucci, for Frederick 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, who died 1803
before completion of house. Work completed 1821-1829 for Frederick William
Hervey, 5th Earl and 1st Marquis of Bristol. Stuccoed brick; slated and leaded
roofs. Central rotunda 105 ft. high with domed and balustraded top; central
entrance portico of 4 Ionic columns, 2 storeys high, supporting pediment.
Rotunda encircled by lower order of Ionic pilasters and upper order of
Corinthian pilasters through 2 storeys; 2 giant bas-relief friezes by the
Carabelli brothers after Flaxman's illustrations of Horner. Segmental 1-storey
corridors on both flanks, linking with East and West wings 2 storeys high, each
with central pediment on 4 Ionic columns, 2 storeys high. The total frontage
is 625ft. Interior fittings mainly complete by 1830, including fine marble
fireplace in Library, Scagliola columns in Library and Entrance Hall, and coved
ceilings in corridors. The Pompeian Room decorated by J.D. Crace in 1879.
Remodelling of main staircase in rotunda and of East wing by Reginald
Blomfield, 1909. Now owned by the National Trust; for illustrations and
description, see their Official Guide.

Listing NGR: TL8158161332

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