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Latitude: 52.1361 / 52°8'9"N
Longitude: -1.3732 / 1°22'23"W
OS Eastings: 442998
OS Northings: 248830
OS Grid: SP429488
Mapcode National: GBR 7S0.1N0
Mapcode Global: VHCVV.4KXT
Plus Code: 9C4W4JPG+CP
Entry Name: Farnborough Hall the Oval Pavilion
Listing Date: 7 January 1952
Last Amended: 21 April 1986
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1024463
English Heritage Legacy ID: 305588
ID on this website: 101024463
Location: Farnborough Park, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, OX17
County: Warwickshire
District: Stratford-on-Avon
Civil Parish: Farnborough
Traditional County: Warwickshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire
Church of England Parish: Farnborough St Botolph
Church of England Diocese: Coventry
Tagged with: Architectural structure
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FARNBOROUGH
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Farnborough Hall: The Oval
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07/01/52
Pavilion (Formerly listed as Farnborough Hall and Garden House)
GV II*
Garden pavilion. c.1750. Probably designed by Sanderson Miller and built by William Hiorns for William Holbech. Plaster work probably by William Perritt. Ironstone ashlar, with limestone ashlar dressings. Lead domed roof. Oval plan. Classical. Two storeys. Loggia of four Tuscan columns on pedestals, two in antis, with entablature and trilymph frieze. First floor has Ionic pilasters with string course between pedestals. Entablatures break forward over columns and pilasters. Curved eight pane sashes to front and sides have thick glazing bars and moulded stone surrounds. To rear: external curving stone staircase with iron handrail. Part-glazed six-panelled door in moulded architrave. Interior: loggia is plastered, with egg and dart cornice. Moulded oval stone table. Wooden seat. First floor 'Prospect Room' has fine Rococo plaster work between the windows and in the dome. Vitruvian scroll dado rail. Elaborately moulded cornice. Dome of central oval and four large and four small panels. Ornamental wooden floor. Forms an important feature of the Terrace Walk, probably by Miller, a major example of mid C18 landscape design.
Listing NGR: SP4305848933
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