Description

SD 5276-5376 BURTON MAIN STREET
(East side) Burton
6/14
Burton House, North
wing; Burton House,
12.2.62 South wing; Burton
House and rear garden
wall attached to
South wing and
forming rear wall of
the White Cottage and
Outlook
(formerly listed as Burton
House))

G.V. II*

House, now divided into 3, and rear garden wall. Late C18 with later
alterations. Ashlar front, rubble sides and rear, partly with scored stucco;
graduated greenslate roof. 3-storey central block with 2-storey pavilions and
linking blocks, plus cellars. 9 bays 1:2:3:2:1. Sashes with glazing bars in
moulded stone surrounds. Venetian style Main Entrance (now to Burton House) in
left-hand return of central block, has 6-panelled door under fanlight with
interlaced glazing bars in moulded surround with keystone. Linking blocks have
French windows with marginal glazing bars;and upper floors, probably added
later, each have 2 sashes. Pavilions have single sash to each floor and
pedimented gables. Ground-floor openings, except Main Entrance, have
alternately a pediment or cornice. Plinth, moulded cill band to ground floor,
plain cill band to first floor, modillioned overhanging eaves. Rear has
tripartite sashes in main block, 3 round-headed windows with interlaced glazing
bars in summerhouse in North wing facing garden and 3 blind round-headed windows
in garden wall attached to South wing to complete symmetry. Interior has
original panelled doors, shutters and architraves, fireplaces in all but 2 rooms
and decorative plasterwork to principal rooms throughout. Notably: Burton
House has oval Adam-style drawing room, decorative plasterwork to upstairs
sitting room and well of stone staircase which has open string, ramped handrails
with wreathed terminal and curtail. South wing retains shelving and plasterwork
of original library and North wing has remains of original panelled cupboards
and shelves in former summerhouse.

Listing NGR: SD5303276215

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544025

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas