Description

SP 63 NE AKELEY AKELEY WOOD

2/23 Akeley Wood School

21/6/72

GV II

Former country house, now school. 1860's by G. Devey for Charles
Pilgrim. Extended 1911-12 by Sir Ernest George for Captain Robert K.
Price. Adapted for use as school 1946 by Lionel Brett. Plinth and
some ground floor walls of ironstone, half-timbered above with whitewashed
roughcast infill. Tiled roof, bargeboards with finials and carved
brackets to base. Ironstone chimney stacks with square shafts set
diagonally. Original L-plan Tudor "cottage" with main wing facing S.,
service wing and porch facing E. 1911 additions in similar style
comprise: block at S.E. corner with billiard room to ground floor and
projection for passage in angle with E. front; chauffeur's accommodation
at N. end of service wing; new dining room and service wing adjoining N.W.
corner of main block, and water tower in courtyard. Two storeys and
attics. Irregular facades with gabled projections and small gables over
first floor windows. Gable ends have elaborate timber patterning
remainder close studded. Some sections of first floor are jettied.
Mullion windows, some transomed, shallow oriels on carved brackets to
first floor, some canted bay windows to ground floor. E. front has
gabled porch with L-plan passage to front door: timber arcade with
segmental arches, four centred arch to porch has carved foliage in
spandrels and key block with initials 'AI'. S. and W. fronts originally
had lean-to verandahs. Interior: wooden ribs to ceilings, moulded
and carved doorcases, Gothick panelling in hall, staircase with square
balusters renewed 1912.

Listing NGR: SP6904037485

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q99775081

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  For the Record
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas