Description

SHOLDEN HULL PLACE
TR 35 SE

5/77 Hull Place
(Nos. 1,2. and 3)

GV II

House, now 3 houses. Early C18 for the Wyborn family,altered and extended
1915 and 1931 for Gilbert Elliot. Red brick and plain tiled roof. Planned
around a small central courtyard with large C20 wing to rear. Two storeys
and basement with attic with plinth and modillion eaves cornice to hipped
roof with 4 hipped dormers and stacks to rear left and rear right. Central
projecting 2 storey porch, square on ground floor and canted on first floor.
Regular fenestration of 6 glazing bar sashes on each floor, with 5 on
central porch and 4 basement openings. Central, 6 panelled door with lion
head and Tudor flower ornamentation, within porch with gauged round headed
doorway, keyed with cartouche over, the keystone inscribed: G.C.E. Flight
M.E.
of 3 steps with plain iron rails. The porch and part of the right half of
the front are C20 additions and repairs after a fire. Two storey canted bay
on right return, part of the C18 building. Central courtyard, originally
with well, exposing the plinth, plat band and basket arched openings of the
C18 building. Interior: entrance hall and stairs extensively wainscotted,
with plaster ceiling and frieze, part reportedly retained from an earlier
Jacobean building, part 1915 copy. Turned baluster stair. Attached to rear
block is a small C18 outhouse with inglenook and bread oven. Hull Place was
the principal manor of Sholden, the seat of the Wyborn family, bought by
Gilbert Elliot early C20, for 20 years Chairman of National Sporting Club.
Vice President of the British Boxing Board of Control, and the introducer to
this country of ju-jitsu. The panelling and plasterwork may be genuine
survivals, or part of the improvements he made to the house 1915 for a
royal visit and 1931. His architect is reputed to have been Sir Edwin
Lutyens (See: Igglesden,XXX, 1935, 59 ff; see also W. Stebbing. A sketch of
the History of the Parish of Sholden, 1951, p. 10 ff).

Listing NGR: TR3568552896

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26530210

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