Description

1. LONDON ROAD
5127
No 34
SU 4767 NW 4/106 29.9.50

II GV

2
Probably early C18, altered. Formerly the Manor House of Speenhamland. Two storeys
and dormers. Double fronted with 5 windows. Tiled roof. Stucco front with
moulded eaves cornice. Three flat-topped dormers, sashes with small panes. Early
C19 fenestration with recessed sash windows with glazing bars; ground floor
windows with sidelights. Modern prostyle portico with Tuscan columns and dentil
cornice; panelled door. At rear, brick staircase projection flanked by 2 gabled
wings, one being stuccoed the other in late brick. Interior with early C18 stair-
case with closed string, newels and renewed balusters. The Willis map of 1768
shows this house as freestanding with elaborate formal gardens at the rear and an
axial tree-lined avenue on the opposite side of London Road.

Listing NGR: SU4718867686

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26578747

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Recommended Books

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)