Description

SU 98 NW
3/39
19.5.50

BEACONSFIELD
HALL BARN ESTATE
Hall Barn

II*

Built for Edmund Waller, the poet, some time after 1651. Brick; stone dres-
sings; stone slate hipped roof with lantern. Three storeys plus attic; 5 bays
with coupled pilasters at the angles and between the windows. Ionic on the
ground floor, Corinthian on the first and Composite on the second. The centre
bay emphasized by detached columns carrying pediments, segmental on the first
floor and triangular on the second. The ground floor with a 3-bay porte-cochere
by Devey of c.1865. In the roof 3 dormers with segmental, triangular and
segmental pediments. To the right the former stables. Brick; slate roof with
bell-turret. Two storeys. RCHM I, pp.41-42; VCH III, pp.158-159.

Listing NGR: SU9435889231

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Hall Barn at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17540261

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Recommended Books

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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)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)