Description

WITHERIDGE
SS 81 NW
5/56 Bradford Tracey House
lO.12.85
GV II

Country villa. Early C19. Rendered and whitewashed, gabled slate roof, fretwork
bargeboards with pendants, wood finials to the gablet and gable ends, rebuilt and
rendered stacks, verandah with a zinc tent-canopy roof.
Plan and development: L-shaped and all of a single build. Front range with the 2
principal rooms with gable end stacks. Central entrance hall between these 2 rooms
with an open-well staircase at the back. Long service wing at right-angles to rear.
Gothick style.
Exterior: 2 storeys, 3 windows, 2-light casements with leaded lights, French
windows to ground floor, Gothic glazing. Central panelled doors. Service wing with
casements with leaded panes and a canted bay with sash windows and close-set glazing
bars. Verandah across the frontage, slender iron posts, stone floor with half-round
edge nosing.
Interior with staircase with a moulded turned newel, stick balusters and a moulded
rail. Other small features include doors and reeded architraves, also window
shutters.
Part of a small estate established new in the early C19 in the romantic style of
that period. Not a working unit, the estate was intended solely for recreational
use and was probably intended as a summer residence of a town dweller,
In the grounds of the villa are a lodge on the entrance driveway (q.v.),
a gateway (q.v.), and a further lodge to the north (q.v.), which form an interesting
and complete ensemble.

Listing NGR: SS8198416751

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401118

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2