Description

TL 3528 ASPENDEN THE STREET
(north side)

8/1 Aspenden Hall

19.10.51

GV II

Country house, now housing grain dryers. 1856 replacing Jacobean
house, for the 2nd Sir Henry Lushington. Gutted c1963 for farm
use. Stuccoed brick, low pitched roof concealed by parapets. A
large rectangular 2 storeys, 7 windows classical house facing E
in Doric style with channelled pilasters and pedimented central
feature to E front, where there is a pedimented porch supported
by twinned Doric columns. Plate glass sash windows generally,
but French windows to ground floor on W (garden) front. Moulded
base, string course and eaves to parapet breaking forward round
pilasters on all sides of house. Single storey pedimented
conservatory in middle of S end. Service wing at N demolished.
Important landscape feature and part of setting of parish church.
(VCH (1914) 17: RCHM Typescript: RCHM Monuments Threatened or
Destroyed (1963) 42).

Listing NGR: TL3526328506

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26394711

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)