Description

TL 1243 OLD WARDEN

12/113 Warden Abbey
16.1.52
GV I

Small fragment of a house, built c,1560 for Robert Gostwick. Erected on site
of the Cistercian abbey founded 1135 by Walter Espec, with church rebuilding
completed later C14. Abbey dissolved 1537. C16 house includes a buttress
from the Abbey church. Red brick with some ashlar dressings. Most window
surrounds and mullions are in brick, but some have been rendered to imitate
ashlar at a later stage. 2 bays, 2 storeys and attics. S elevation:
projecting LH block has 2 ground floor windows, each of 3 3-centred arched
lights under square heads, within 3-centred arched recesses of different
sizes. First floor has canted bay window with 7 3-centred arched lights and
moulded cornice. To R of this is integral chimney stack with crow-steps,
twisted shaft and spurred cap, all in moulded brick. Recessed RH bay has 4-
centred arched door within crocketed ogee-headed stone surround with finial.
To first floor is square headed window containing 2 3-centred arched lights,
with moulded label. 2-stage buttress to RH. First floor brick string course.
Embattled parapet with stone coping. N elevation: first floor has 2-light
window similar to S elevation. Semi-octagonal stair-turret (top stage rebuilt
C20) has pairs of 3-centred arched lights. 2-stage buttress to LH. W
elevation: projecting chimney breast with substantial ashlar lower stage.
Interior: ground and first floor rooms retain finely moulded beams and
original fireplaces. First floor room has Tudor arched doorway with carved
foliate spandrels. 3-bay clasped purlin roof with curved wind braces. On
site of Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: TL1206343851

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wardon Abbey at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q939928

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Recommended Books

• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)