Description

HOLTON
SP50NE
5/109 Holton Park
18/07/63

GV II

Mansion, now school. 1815. Limestone ashlar; Welsh-slate roofs. Double-depth
plan with subsidiary wings. Gothick style. 2 storeys. Battlemented main block,
with octagonal corner turrets, has symmetrical 5-window front with central bay
breaking forward slightly. Entrance has crenellated porch with relief
quatrefoils and 4-centred archways to 3 sides. 12-pane sashes to ground and
first floors have stone labels. 5-window return front to right, has turretted
buttresses flanking centre bay. Rear has a symmetrical 6-window elevation,
divided 2:2:2 by triangular buttresses, and to right of it a large 2-storey
canted bay window. Service wings to left of main front have plain sashes and
shallow-pitched hipped roofs. Interior: Central stair hall has cantilevered
stone stair with wrought-iron balustrade and wreathed mahogany handrail, a
modillion cornice with guttae, and an oval domelight with key decoration around
the base and a central stained glass roundel.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.650).

Listing NGR: SP5993406276

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26650567

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)