Description

WOOBURN WOOBURN MOOR
SU 99 SW
3/203 Clapton Revel
17.10.69
- II*
House. Circa 1700-1710 with later C18 alterations. Probably
built for Groner Steyn, owner of Clapton Mill. Chequer brick with
vitreous headers, the E. front and one bay of N. front with tuck
pointing and gauged brick band. Coved plaster eaves, hipped old
tile roof, brick chimneys. 2 storeys with lower ground floor and
attic, 3 X 4 bay fenestration. First floor band course. Main S. front
has 3 bays of 4-pane sashes with chequered segmental heads and panelled
blind boxes . Central ground floor opening altered to French
doors. 2 hipped dormers with paired wooden casements. Lower ground
floor has projecting extension, possibly C19 but refurbished C20, of
brick with wooden Ionic half columns, moulded cornice, wooden
balustrade, and sashes flanking French doors. E. front is of 4 bays,
the 2 left bays blind with painted sashes to first floor. Right bays
have 3-pane sashes. Panelled door in third bay has rectangular
fanlight and C20 wooden porch with large hood on Ionic columns.
2 hipped dormers. N. front has 3 bays of C20 3-pane sashes, the upper
windows with gauged heads, and 2 dormers. W. front altered and irregular
with large C20 dormer. Interior: C18 panelling in S. rooms and first
floor N. room; corner fireplaces with wooden bolection mouldings in S.
rooms; S. bedroom has closet with re-used C17 panelling; central staircase
with early C18 twisted balusters to upper flights.

Listing NGR: SU9100290035

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17540751

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