Description

SX 65 NW CORNWOOD DELAMORE
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Delamore House

II

Large country house in its own park.
Dated 1859. By J P St Aubyn, for Admiral George Parker. Gothic style. Granite
ashlar. Steeply pitched gabled slate roof. Two storeys and attic. The entrance
front to north is asymmetrical. Left hand projects with buttressed corner and 2
asymmetrical gables with oriel between, large 4-light traceried stair window to right
and 2 smaller traceried windows to left, all with geometric tracery. Two-centred arch
doorway with shield, monogram AFP and date 1859 in tympanum. Centre recessed, with
straight headed stone mullion windows and dormers. Right hand 3-storeyed porch with
corner buttresses with set-offs and ogee head lights to top storey window and finial
over the roof. Lower service wings project at right angles to right.
South garden front is symmetrical, 5 bays, left and right gabled projections, gabled
at centre and with 2-storey canted bays. Large granite chimneystacks with weathering.

Listing NGR: SX6008259922

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401252

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper