Description

SP 61 NE WOTTON UNDERWOOD WOTTON HOUSE

3/162 South Pavilion

25.10.51

GV I

House, formerly coach-house and service pavilion for Wotton House.
1704-14. Red brick, ashlar plinth and quoins, moulded wooden eaves
cornice with modillions. Hipped old tile roof, 2 rectangular brick
chimneys with moulded stone caps, central wooden turret. L-plan.
N. and E. fronts are treated as one tall storey with attic, the
remainder as 2 storeys with attic and lower ground floor originally
coach-houses. Symmetrical N. front of 5 bays has blind panels to
plinth with segmental heads and keyblocks, and tall leaded windows
with double transoms, raised ashlar surrounds and moulded stone
panels above. 3 dormers with paired leaded casements and moulded
pediments, triangular flanking segmental, Main cornice is broken
forward in centre bay over square stone panel with raised surround and
carved side scrolls. Double panelled doors below in stone doorcase
with Doric pilasters, triglyph frieze and cornice. Wooden turret
has square base with compass roses, hexagonal arcaded lantern and
ogee lead roof with weathervane. This pavilion matches the Clock
Pavilion opposite and forms an important part of the imposing
composition of Wotton House.

Listing NGR: SP6854116191

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17527036

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)