History in Structure

Boat House at East End of Lake Approximately 300 Metres South of Sarsden House

A Grade II Listed Building in Sarsden, Oxfordshire

We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?

Upload Photo »

Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9021 / 51°54'7"N

Longitude: -1.5772 / 1°34'37"W

OS Eastings: 429187

OS Northings: 222705

OS Grid: SP291227

Mapcode National: GBR 5RS.Q2X

Mapcode Global: VHBZF.MG25

Plus Code: 9C3WWC2F+V4

Entry Name: Boat House at East End of Lake Approximately 300 Metres South of Sarsden House

Listing Date: 15 May 1989

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1367833

English Heritage Legacy ID: 254086

ID on this website: 101367833

Location: Sarsden, West Oxfordshire, OX7

County: Oxfordshire

District: West Oxfordshire

Civil Parish: Sarsden

Traditional County: Oxfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire

Church of England Parish: Churchill

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

Tagged with: Boathouse

Find accommodation in
Kingham

Description


SARSDEN
SP22SE
7/191 Boat house at E end of lake
approx. 300m S of Sarsden
House

- II

Boat house. Circa 1796 by Humphry Repton for John Langston. Boulder-faced
sub-structure with wood superstructure and rubble projection to rear; stone
slate roofs. Built in the form of a classical temple. Sub-structure has
round-headed arch with voussoirs. 'Temple' above in the style of a distyle in
antis portico of the Doric order with applied bark decoration to columns and
antae; the columns wrapped round with diagonally placed iron bands. Round-headed
arches to left and right with wood imposts and 'keystones'. Wooden bench to back
with applied bark decoration above. Humphry Repton, who created the lake by
which the boat house stands, presented a Red Book for improvements to Sarsden
(including the lake) to John Langston in March 1796. From drawings in the RIBA
drawings collection it appears that he originally intended the boat house to be
of stone with Ionic columns but presumably this design was quickly substituted
as there is no evidence to suggest that a stone boat house was ever built.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, pp752-3; Nigel Temple: 'Sarsden
Oxfordshire'; Journal of Garden History: Vol.6, No.2 (1986), pp89-111
(esp.pp99-101); RIBA drawings collection: Cat., p.116 (31))
[2641]


Listing NGR: SP2918722705

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.