Description

WEST STREET
1.
1385
(South East Side)
Remnantz
SU 8486 1/72 16.7.49.
II*

2.
1799-1811, altered. 2 storeys and attic. Brown brick with red dressings.
Moulded brick string at 1st floor level and over 1st floor windows. Brick
dentilled moulded cornice. Parapet with stone coping. Slate roof. 3
dormers. Road front has flanking half octagon 2 storey bays with 2 windows
on 1st floor between bays, and divided by central brick pilaster. On ground
floor between bays - 9 panel central door flanked by narrow windows with
balustrade aprons, all in elaborate Ionic surround of pilasters and entabla-
ture with curved frieze and modillioned cornice, the entablature projected
as wide porch supported by 2 Ionic columns, opposite door. The porch
approached by 5 moulded stone steps curved outwards, with plain contemporary
guard rails with urn standards. Long plain wing at right angles to main
house at back to left hand partly early C19. South front has central
Palladian window at mezzanine level with garden door under flanked by one
window, early Cl9. Alteration to left hand with 2-storey angular bay.
The house was originally 3-storey and U-shaped. The top storey and part
of one wing were removed in early C19 shortly after the Royal Military
College (later Sandhurst) had left here, after being established in this
house and possibly Marlow Place from 1799 to 1811. The interior has a
good early Cl8 stair with turned balusters and contemporary panelling and
carved door frames etc.

Listing NGR: SU8462686402

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Remnantz at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17541318

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)