Description

ST 85 NW WINGFIELD TROWBRIDGE ROAD
(off north side)

6/283 Trowle House

II
GV

Country house, now house and clinic. C17, altered early and late
C19. Limestone ashlar front, dressed limestone returns, hipped
stone slate roof, stone stacks. Two-storey and attic, 3-window.
Central 6-panelled door in bolection-moulded architrave with broken
pediment and up rebuilt stone steps, 2-light ovolo-mullioned
casement to left hand and 2-storey late C19 canted bay to right
with ovolo-mullioned casements and trefoil-pierced parapet with
initials BC (Bayfield-Clark family). First floor to left has
ovolo-mullioned casement, two C19 shaped attic gables with 2-light
mullioned casements, small gabled attic dormer between with single-
ovolo-mullioned casement, coped verges all with ball finials. Late
C19 added bay to right has first floor oriel and 2-light mullioned
casement to attic gable. Left return has glazed door with
segmental-pointed arch on attached shafts to left, 2-light casement
to right; former C19 conservatory removed, first floor has two C17
cross windows and two blocked cross windows, moulded stone eaves
cornice. Late C19 rear wing has square bay with mullioned casement
and quatrefoiled parapet, 3-light mullioned casements to first
floor, hipped Welsh slate roof. Right return of late C19 services
has 2-light and 3-light mullioned casements and 6-panelled door in
segmental-pointed architrave, two attic dormers with shaped gables,
early C19 range to rear has 20 and 25-pane sashes.
Interior retains early C19 stairs with stick balusters and wreathed
moulded handrail, 6-panelled doors in moulded architraves, plaster
ceiling cornices. Late C19 remodelling including some joinery and
elaborate detail in reception room of clinic for example; plaster
ceiling cornice with gothic detail, segmental-pointed rere-arch to
external door on shafts. The Bayfield-Clark family were local
industrialists who lived here in late C19.

Listing NGR: ST8244557466

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26476138

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5