Description

CHURCH STREET
1.
967
(North Side)
The Bury
SP 9501 SE 1/2 10.11.51.
II GV
2.
Country house built for William Lowndes (1652-1724) Secretary to the Treasury
in the reign of Queen Anne. Date 1716 on rainwater heads. Original 5 bay front
extended in late C18 to 7 bays. Wing added 1853. Red brickwork with rusticated
quoins. 2 storeys, cornice, panelled parapet. Sash windows with glazing bars
under cambered cutter arches. 2 ground floor segmental bow windows, 1st floor
Venetian window either end. Entrance front Neo-Tudor wing over carriage arch.
Neo-Georgian north garden arcade connecting house with summer house.
Interior retains some original panelling.
The Bury, the Stables and the North and South Lodges form a group.

Listing NGR: SP9562401478

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26417714

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Recommended Books

• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living