Description

BAYTON CP -
SO 67 SE

2/4 Shakenhurst

18.4.66

- II*

Country house in landscaped park. C17, remodelled 1798. Red brick with
plain tiled roof behind parapet and massive brick end and ridge stacks.
Three storeys with modillion eaves cornice to front elevation and dentilled
eaves cornice at sides and rear. 1:3:1 bays; outer bays break forward and
have full-height central bay windows; all windows have gauged flat heads,
large keyblocks and stone sills; 15-pane sashes on ground floor, 12-pane
sashes on first floor and 6-pane sashes on second floor; central porch
has an open pediment on Ionic columns and half-glazed double doors.
Interior: main rooms have moulded cornices and doorheads; hall occupies
central three bays of ground floor and has a large stone fireplace with
Corinthian columns and urn relief; C17 dog-leg oak staircase with three
turned balusters per tread; C17 linenfold panelling with fishscale detail
retained to rear ground floor similar to that of the choir stalls in the
Church of St Bartholomew (qv). The house was the seat of the Wigley family.
(BoE, p 76).

Listing NGR: SO6728272970

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17547621

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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