Description

COMMON LANE
1.
1090 (South West Side)
Godolphin House
SU 9677 NE 1/5 11.4.50.

II

2.
Early C18. 1722 on drainpipe head. Boys' house of Eton College, one of the first
to be built for this purpose. Red and grey brick. 4 storeys and attics, 7 double-hung
sashes in surrounds with cambered relieving arches. Late C18 porch, left hand
1 window section of front and 4th storey. Porch: in the Adam manner, enclosed,
6-panel door with 2 panels flush, good traceried fanlight over, flanking three-
quarter columns, narrow side windows, corner pilasters; unusual capitals of columns
and pilasters with acanthus leaves, rams' heads and (?) buttercups; frieze with
paterae, modillion cornice and pediment, parapet. Machine tiled mansard roof with
dormers. Right hand 2-storey, 1-window modern addition. Early C19 yellow brick
2-storey garden front with canopied bow.
Interior: hall has half-columns similar to porch; 1st floor west bedroom fireplace
has white marble surround, carved pilasters with grotesques, frieze with carving
in basso rilievo.

Listing NGR: SU9655877972

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26505983

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)