Description

SU 44 SW LONGPARISH MIDDLETON
20-12-60
4/3 Middleton House

II

Mansion. Early C19, with C20 extensions. Stucco and slate. Classical
symmetrical facade (south-east) with centrepiece of 2 storeys and attic,
3 windows, sides of 2 storeys 2 windows, linked to forward projecting
2-storeyed wings by quarter-round units (early and late C20) of 2 storeys
2 windows. The centrepiece has a balustrade in front of segmental headed
dormers (set in a Mansard roof), cornice, rusticated quoins, 1st floor band,
stone architraves with frieze cornice and plinth. The sides are plainer,
with cornice, architraves and plinth, the design being continued (with a
lower parapet) to the wings, which have irregular fenestration of smaller
windows with similar detailing. Sashes in reveals. Greek Doric porch,
with thin added side walls between pilasters and the fluted columns, the
door now being set within the columns. The rear (north-west) has a
symmetrical centrepiece of 2 storeys and attic, 5 windows, with plainer
treatment, ending in rusticated pilasters at each side, and an ornamented
porch beneath a concave metal roof. At each side are still plainer blocks
with parapets, each having a bowed wall with a French window, beneath a
concave metal canopy resting on thin coupled supports. The outermost units
are more irregular. Interior not seen.

Listing NGR: SP3609742543

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26385741

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version