Description

TL 20 SW
4/283

SHENLEY
RIDGE HILL
(South side)
Shenley
Shenley Lodge

II

Large house, now health resort. C18, much altered first half C19.
Extended later C19 and c.1900. Stuccoed brick. Slate roof. 2 storeys,
basement and attic. 7 bays. Central entrance in projecting porch addition
of c.1900: banded rustication, pulvinated frieze, modillioned cornice and
parapet. Flanking 3 central bays are giant pilasters. First floor: keyed
arch to central Venetian window. Flanking glazing bar sashes with
bracketed floating cornices, ground floor left has similar windows and 2
basement windows. Modillioned cornice, parapet, scrolled panel to
centre. Mansard roof. Ground floor right has link from porch across
front to c.1900 ballroom extension projecting forward from right end.
Extension bowed to front. Right return has tripartite sash and keyed
oculus. To left: late C19 extension of 1 bay and link set back slightly.
Rear: full height canted bay to centre rising to semi-octagonal mansard.
Ground floor right, iron verandah. Plat bands separate storeys to left
and centre. Rectangular bay projects to right on late C19 extension.
Interior: features largely C19.

Listing NGR: TL2019702247

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26594913

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)