Description

SU 43 NE WONSTON HUNTON DOWN LANE
Hunton

4/18 Hunton House
5.12.55
GV II*

Small country house. Early C18 with C20 additions. Brick, plain tiled roof. 5
bay double pile house with added 3 bay flanking wings and ballroom attached to
right wing. South front 2 storey with attic and basement. Mid C20 reinstatement
of central door and stone perron steps with wrought iron handrail. Basement has
C20 sash windows with round heads. Other sash windows 12-pane with flat gauged
brick arches. Moulded timber cornice and pediment over centre 3 bays with cart-
wheel window in tympanum. Roof half-hipped with 4 symmetrical gable stacks.
The wings are late C19 or C20 in matching style. Each has 2 windows on front, 3
on rear, and projects forward one bay. Ground floor of C18 house has single
room on south with C18 chimneypiece at each end and panelling. Behind is 2 bay
staircase hall, with open well stair with turned balustrade, moulded handrail
ramped up at newels, dado with bolection moulded panels with pilasters between
and contemporary panelling in hall.

Listing NGR: SP5552544032

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17541757

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014