Description

TR 35 SW
4/48
11.10.63

NORTHBOURNE
UPDOWN
Updown House and attached outbuildings

GV
II

House. Early C18, remodelled c.1786. Rendered with slate roof. Main
elevation of 3 storeys on plinth with cornice and parapet supported by
pilaster quoins. Stacks at end left and at end right. Regular fenestration
of 3 half-sized glazing bar sashes on second floor, 3 full sized on first
floor and 2 on ground floor, all with louvred shutters. Central window
in elliptically arched recess, with segmental pediments over first floor
windows to left and to right. Central Doric porch with coupled columns and
cast iron balcony. Half-glazed doors with Chinoiserie style tracery.
Recessed wing to right, 2 storeys and attic, with parapet to mansard roof
and flat roof dormer, and 1 shuttered glazing bar sash on each floor in
elliptically headed recess, the upper window with a pediment over. Stair
turret on left return, with 1 glazing bar sash on ground and first floor and
blank roundel above, with heavy cornice and frieze on giant pilaster quoins.
Rear wing with kneelered parapet gable. Interior. moulded ceiling joists
and inglenooks survive from early C18. Pillared staircase hall and plain
bolection moulded marble fireplaces survive -from later C18. Originally
fitted up as Gentleman's seat by Captain Thomas Fagg of Dover before 1748,
sold to and improved by Matthew Colet Esq. before 1777, and largely given
present form by John Minet Fectorof Dover c.1786, who also emparked
the surrounding land. (See Hasted,X, 1800, p.41-42). Used as Dower
House to Northbourne Court (Igglesden,XIX, 1926, p.79).

Listing NGR: TR3141653401

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26555032

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