Description

WESTONING

TL 0232 CHURCH ROAD

21/122 Westoning Manor

- II

House, now residential school. 1842-3 for the Rev John William Coventry
Campion. Jacobethan style. Red brick with ashlar dressings. Clay tile
roofs. Complex asymmetrical plan, main part 2 storeys and attics, other parts
2-storeyed or one storey and attics. E elevation: balanced asymmetry. 2
slightly projecting shaped gables. LH one has paired window to ground floor,
2 windows to first floor and one window to attic. RH gable is similar, but
with only one window each to ground and first floors. Central recessed block
has 2 windows to first floor. All are of 2 lights, attic ones mullioned,
others will mullions and transoms. Ground floor of central recess forms
distyle portico in antis. Portico surmounted by pierced stone balustrading,
which is echoed in parapet balustrade. Gables have small blind oculi above
windows, and decorative finials. To centre of recessed bay parapet is carved
stout finials. Recessed bay parapet has carved stone panel with crest.
Various ridge stacks, all with moulded octagonal shafts. S elevation:
features include 2 2-storeyed canted bays surmounted by ornate stone cresting.
N elevation: main block has projecting 2 storey and attics porch gable,
similar to those of E elevation but probably a later addition, with elliptical
archway. To RH is one storey and attics service wing. Most windows have
honeycomb or diamond leaded lights. Interior: much C17 carved woodwork
combined with C19 work in ground and first floor doors, doorcases, and
chimney-pieces, as well as in imperial staircase. C17 woodwork reputed to
come from old house at Wrest Park and old Houses of Parliament. (VCH (Beds.)
iii, 451-3)

Listing NGR: TL0269632687

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26518594

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy