Description

LYDDINGTON THE GREEN
SP 8697-8797
8/64
10.11.55 No 3 (Stoneleigh).
GV II

House. C17-C18 remodelling of medieval building, altered and extended C20.
Coursed rubble ironstone and limestone with large limestone quoins to lower
walls. Collyweston slate roof, flanking white brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 2 1/2
bays. C20 3-light wooden casements with wooden lintels; similar 2-light casement
over central top-lit flush-panelled door with C20 half-timbered gabled porch.
Right gable has 2 blocked openings with chamfered 4-centred arches of limestone,
and head of limestone surround to small rectangular opening. Left gable has
pantiled projection, rebuilt c.1980 but possibly a former ice-house. C20 wing to
rear. Interior: large fireplace with moulded stone jamb and small window
interested in right end; traces of 2 former fireplaces at left end, one with
massive cambered lintel, the other with cambered and chamfered beam; heavy
chamfered spine beams. House fronts lane leading to former medieval fishponds
and may well have been part of the complex of buildings associated with the
former bishop's palace.

Listing NGR: SP8756297100

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26529873

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