Description

FYFIELD AND TUBNEY TUBNEY
SU4398
13/79 Tubney House

- II

House. Early C17: remodelled and extended in early C19. Walls stuccoed as
imitation stone ashlar; hipped and gabled Welsh slate roofs; numerous brick
stacks. C17 L-plan remodelled as early C19 double-depth plan. Early C19 Gothick
Revival style. 2 storeys; 5-window range. Early C19 two-storey canted bay right
of centre has early C20 porch added to front of tall pointed-arched early C19
Gothick style panelled door, and hood moulds over Gothick windows with 2-light
casements. Gabled front of outer bay has early C17 three-light ovolo-moulded
stone-mullioned attic window and crenellated and canted early C19 two-storey bay
which has similar early C17 mullioned and transomed window over early C19
six-pane sash. 3-window range to left of entry has hood-moulds over 8-pane
sashes, and pointed-arched French windows on ground floor. Crenellated parapet
carried across front. Right side wall of 3-storey, 3-window range: label moulds
over sashes. Rear elevation: has 6-pane sashes, and gabled outer bays of which
the right bay has label moulds over 6-pane sashes and adjoins early C19
semi-circular bay with stone chamfered doorway, 2-light chamfered
stone-mullioned windows and one splayed lights. Interior: cellars have two C17
chamfered and step-to-ogee-stopped beams (partly rotten). Hall:
cinquefoil-panelled reveals to front door, and Gothick-style panelled doors.
Early C19 staircase (c.1720-30), with fine iron-twist on vase balusters, was
reset in early C19 as straight-run stair rising to balcony. Segmental-arched
entries to lobby and rooms on right. Room to right has early C19 fireplace with
Diana the Huntress carving, and a cased beam. Room to rear of this, entered
through 6-panelled door with Gothick overlight and plasterwork arch, has fine
plaster boss in ceiling. First floor has early C19 panelled doors, some with
Gothick traceried heads, early C18 (c.1720-30) fireplace and panelling to right,
and Gothick fireplace over drawing room to left. Early C19 king-post roof.
(Buildings of England: Berkshire, p.243).

Listing NGR: SU4347398872

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26649989

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  For the Record
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)