Description

HOLNE -
SX 76 NW

4/180 Holne Cott
-
- II

House, formerly hunting lodge to Holne Park. Circa late C18 or early C19 remodelled
and extended in circa 1840, since reduced in size by demolition of east end.
Stuccoed stone rubble. Asbestos slate roof, with gabled ends with pierced wavey
bargeboards and pendants. The east and front gables have moulded bargeboards,
probably later replacements. Rear wing has pierced wavey eaves fascia. Asym-
metrical design in Tudor gothic style with gabled cross wing to right hand of obtuse
angle to main range. Circa mid C19 wing at right angles to rear of crosswing. Left
hand (east) end reduced in height to single storey and roofless. 2 storeys. 3-window
range overall. Right hand bay is gable end of cross wing. At centre of main
2-window range to left is a gabled porch with moulded bargeboards and pendant, flush
panel doors and 2-light side windows. Windows are 3-light ovolo moulded mullion-
transom casements with glazing bars and with pointed arch glazing bars in top
lights. Window to right of porch is same but 2-lights. Right-hand return of cross
wing has square bay with similarly designed windows and ariel on timber brackets.
Parallel rear wing, the first floor overhangs and is supported on timber posts.
Interior has some late C18 and early C19 joinery including panelled doors and
architraves and fielded panel shutters. Between main range and cross wing a moulded
elleptical arch with keyblock and pilasters. Early to mid C19 staircase with turned
balusters. Drawing room has recently installed late C19 Art Nouveau marble chimney-
piece with horseshoe shaped arch decorated with carved horsechestnut foliage and the
spandrels decorated in Art Nouveau style with lilly leaves swirling like drapery.
Inside there is a print depicting a landscape, inscribed "Scene from the window of
Holne Cottage. The property of Sir B Wrey, Bart", published by F C Lewis 1820.

Listing NGR: SX7068069909

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26595208

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)