Description

INKPEN Kirby House
SU 36 SE
15/35
10.9.51
II*
G.V.
Country House. C18 with C19 and C20 additions. Grey brick with red dressings
and red chamfered raised quoins; hipped tiled roofs. Double pile with later
addition to south east. 2 storeys and attic. North East block; early C18 with
moulded brick cornice at base of parapet and symmetrically-spaced stacks. South
West block; Late C18 with moulded timber eaves cornice, three cambered headed
dormers and flanking chimneys. North East Elevation: 5 glazing bar sashes with
cambered heads and exposed box frames, the central three in a slight break forward
of the facade which carries up to a raised parapet with pediment and central
semi-circular headed sash. Central door with semi-circular fanlight under curved
hood on cut brackets. North West Elevation: left hand block has three glazing
bar sashes with cambered heads above large square parapetted 2 window bay to left
and half glazed door in doorcase of composite fluted half columns under brackets
supporting curved pedimented hood, one narrow glazing bar sash to right of this.
Right hand block has three glazing bar sashes with cambered heads on upper floor
and one sash to left and blocked venetian window with raised brick dressings to
right. B.O.E. Berkshire, P.159. V.C.H. Vol.iv.P.200.

Listing NGR: SU3753163209

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553176

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)