Description

ST 98 NE CHARLTON CHARLTON PARK

6/21 Andover House and Estate Office (formerly listed as Andover House) 12.12.51

GV II

House and estate offices. Late C18 (possibly carried out in 1772-6 by the younger Matthew Brettingham when he was working on the mansion; q.v.). Squared and coursed rubble with flush rusticated dressed stone quoins, stone dressings and hipped stone slate roofs; stone ridge stacks, some renewed. U-shaped block of 2 storeys with offices to left and Andover House to right and centre. The rear wall of the central wing forms the south-east range of the stable courtyard (q.v.). Windows are cross-mullioned wooden casements and French windows to ground floor, 2-light casements above, all in blocked stone surrounds. North-east front to Andover House has early C19 Gothick facade with 2-light pointed-headed windows with 'Y' tracery to ground floor and quatrefoil windows above; moulded cornice and blocking course to parapet. C20 porch in the angle with stable range (q.v.). Bell turret on ridge of centre wing: square in plan with open top and pyramidal cap; clocks on south- east and north-west faces.

Listing NGR: ST9524389367

External Links

• Wikidata Q26552980

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)