Description

SIBDON CARWOOD

SO48SW Sibdon Castle
1943-1/5/82
12/11/54

GV II*

Country house. Early C18 front to C17 core. Coursed dressed
sandstone; hipped plain tile roof with some stone tiles to
rear; 2 C20 restored brick panelled ridge stacks; brick
panelled stack to left side. E-shaped on plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, attic and cellars; 7-window range. Late
C19 1/1 sashes with cambered heads, in moulded cases and
moulded stone architraves with keyblocks. Moulded cornice to
parapet with pilastered battlements, rising at ends, with
bull's-eye lights in circular architraves with keyblocks, and
to centre with Diocletian window in semi-circular moulded
architrave.
Central entrance: steps and wing-walls to ashlar porch with
moulded cornice and flat lead roof; semi-circular quoined arch
with studded plank double doors; rusticated quoins;
diamond-glazed side lights in moulded architraves; continuous
ceiling cornice and architraves, and 2 paired 8-panel doors
between panelled pilasters, flanked by similar sashes. Moulded
circular openings to cellars.
Left return side: rubble; 2 tiers of similar sashes in moulded
cases; square panel in moulded architrave to first floor;
recessed bay to left, with 2 tiers of similar sashes;
segmental arches.
Rear: 2 gable wings with single stone mullion and transom
windows with casements in moulded ashlar cases; similar
2-light mullions to shouldered gables with ball finials; 4 6/6
sashes in moulded cases and moulded stone architraves with
keyblocks.
Central single-storey porch bay with steps and wing walls to 6
fielded-panel door and barred fanlight with side lights in C20
restored Venetian architrave, and panel; flanked by 6/6
sashes; quoins; castellated parapet; cross-windows in moulded
cases over. Chamfered mullioned openings and 2 plank doors to
cellars. Lead rainwater goods inscribed: "FBE". C19
single-storey wing to left.
INTERIOR: staircase with turned and barley-twist balusters and
clustered newel; panelling; decorative plasterwork; carved
stone and bolection-moulded fireplaces, with overmantels;
panelled doors.

Listing NGR: SO4124783208

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550490

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)