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Poundon House and Walls of Terrace and of Forecourt

A Grade II Listed Building in Poundon, Buckinghamshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9212 / 51°55'16"N

Longitude: -1.0632 / 1°3'47"W

OS Eastings: 464523

OS Northings: 225159

OS Grid: SP645251

Mapcode National: GBR 9YL.G1S

Mapcode Global: VHCWZ.JZ92

Plus Code: 9C3WWWCP+FP

Entry Name: Poundon House and Walls of Terrace and of Forecourt

Listing Date: 13 February 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1214765

English Heritage Legacy ID: 399693

ID on this website: 101214765

Location: Poundon, Buckinghamshire, OX27

County: Buckinghamshire

Civil Parish: Poundon

Traditional County: Buckinghamshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Buckinghamshire

Church of England Parish: Twyford

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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Description


SP 62 NW POUNDON MAIN STREET

2/87 Poundon House and walls of terrace and of forecourt -

GV II

Mansion. Dated 1908 on foundation stone. Built by local firm Lewis Penn for J.P.H. Heywood-Lonsdale Esq. Dressed ironstone with plinth, moulded band course, chamfered quoins and wooden eaves cornice on brackets. Hipped stone slate roof. Dressed stone chimneys with square shafts set diagonally. H-plan. In the style of c 1700. 2 storeys and attic. S.E. front has 9 bays, 2 outer bays on each side projecting. Barred sash windows in architrave surrounds, those to ground floor with keyblocks. Slightly projecting centre bay has pediment with wooden mouldings, and glazed and barred double doors in architrave surround with entablature and swan-neck pediment. 2 attic dormers have 5-light leaded casements with small central pediments. U-plan service wing to right has basement, main storey with cross windows, and hipped-dormers with paired leaded casements. Garden walls attached to front corners of house curve round to relieving wall of terrace. These walls are of ironstone with rusticated gate piers. Rear of house facing road, is irregular with Serlian window to left of centre, groups of 3 sash windows to right, and open pediment to centre bay. Door has flanking Doric pilasters, triglyph entablature and segmental pediment. Attached low ironstone walls to forecourt.

Listing NGR: SP6452325159

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