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WROXALL
BIRMINGHAM ROAD
Wroxall Abbey Hotel

(Formerly Wroxall Abbey School main building, A41 (South-west side))

GV
II*
Country house, later a school (1963-1996) now a hotel (from 2000). Circa 1866 by Walter Scott of Liverpool for James Dugdale. Stone ashlar plinth; red brick with stone dressings and with some grey brick details; complex slate roof; various brick stacks. Complex plan. High Victorian Gothic style. Two storeys and attic; ten-bay main range. Glazed double-leaf doors to left of centre with four-centred arched surround and flanking single-lights having quatrefoils to top under common transom windows, some having hood moulds with carved end stops. Staircase window to left of centre is three-light mullion and transom window with two transoms, having cusped lights. Stone oriel window above entrance with richly carved sides. Plate tracery windows to attic, armorial bearings to gable end above entrance. Stone string courses betweed ground and first floors, and between first floor and attic. Left return: regular fenestration of stone mullion and transom windows, with angled bay window to ground floor left. bay window to ground floor right. Rear: regular fenestration with double oriel to left on Aberdeen granite columns.

Interior: open-well main staircase with stained glass window by T. Drury. Many rooms have original Victorian fireplaces. Encaustic tile floor to tall. Painted ceiling to secretary's room at ground floor right of centre. Railway track to basement with turntable.

History: built for James Dugdale, a descendant of Sir William Dugdale.

Listing NGR: SP2211870721

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wroxall Abbey at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q8038716

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)