Description

SU 98 SE STOKE POGES STOKE PARK
(Park Road)
8/634
Stoke Park
23.9.55 (Stoke Poges Golf Club)

- I

Designed for John Penn by Robert Nasmith, 1789, and completed after Nasmith's
death by James Wyatt, circa 1793-7 (except, apparently, the dome). Stuccoed.
Balustraded core of 3 storeys and 7 bays, the centre 3 advanced a little.
Above, a dome on a drum with widely-spaced Composite capitals. Lantern
with closely-set pilasters. In front, a single-storeyed Greek Doric portico
and, left and right, single-bay solid ends. An Oval entrance hall leads
to the staircase hall with groined vault extended to north and south by
segmental tunnel vaults. Staircase itself later. The former library with
4 screens of grey marble columns with arches. South-east corner room with
fine details and a north-east room with panelling incorporating Jacobean
pieces. Country Life, I, p 724; CL, XIV, p 168; VCH III, p 303.

Listing NGR: SU9700882653

Selected Sources

• Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Buckingham, (1908), 303
• 'Country Life' in Country Life, (), 724
• 'Country Life' in Country Life, (), 168

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