Description

SP52SW MIDDLETON STONEY

5/111 Middleton Park
26/11/51

GV I

Country house, now flats. 1938 by Sir Edwin and Robert Lutyens for the 9th Earl
of Jersey. Coursed squared limestone with ashlar dressings; plain-tile roof with
rubble stacks. Double-depth plan. Georgian style. 2 storeys plus attics. 11- by
7-window house has 3 symmetrical fronts, all with recessed centres (of 5 and 3
bays), containing very tall shuttered sashes, and has hipped dormered roofs
rising above a stone cornice; north front has a low central linking section
containing the pedimented main entrance and flanking doorways; south front has a
central doorcase of the "Delhi" order. (q.v. subsidiary ranges). Interior:
principal original interiors survive throughout except for the drawing room,
which has been reduced in size, and Lady Jersey's onyx bathroom which has been
slightly altered and the fittings removed. The last great country house to be
built in England.
(A.S.G. Butler, The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens, Vol.V, 1951; Buildings of
England: Oxfordshire, pp.703-4; Country Life, July 5th and 12th 1946, pp.28-31
and 74-77).

Listing NGR: SP5249223237

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Middleton Park, Oxfordshire at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17361857

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair