Description

TR 04 NW EASTWELL

5/14 Eastwell Manor and
Courtyard Gateways

27.11.57
II

House. 1843 by William Burn, rebuilt 1926 - 8 by B.C. Deacon. Flint,
dressed stone and plain tile roof. An 'E' plan, with extended
wings, including remains of C18 house by Joseph Bonomi. Two
storeys, numerous irregularly placed stacks, irregular fenestra-
tion of mullioned cross-windows, 1 to each floor of left wing, left
recess, central gabled porch, right recess and 2 in right wing.
Red brick wing to right. The remains of the earlier house now
form attached walled gardens left. and right. Subsidiary features:
in the courtyards to the rear of the house are 2 C16 gateways
(formerly separately listed), a round headed stone archway with
flanking columns and cartouche over, and, to north, a 4 centred
brick arched gateway, castellated, flanked by buttresses and
castellated walls. Interior: the house contains many earlier
features brough in from elsewhere in C20, including an oriel
window in the kitchen court, panelling from Markyate, Hertfordshire,
and a C17 staircase, provenance unknown. Stone balustraded
terracing extending some 300 yards in 3 flights south of the
house, attached to a raised and paved terrace before the house.
Some £500.00 spent on the house in the C19 by the Earls of
Winchelsea.

Listing NGR: TR0167247568

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Eastwell Park at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q2540442

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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)