Description

NOTTINGHAM

SK5739NW LOW PAVEMENT
646-1/20/355 (South side)
11/08/52 Nos.20 AND 22
Willoughby House

GV II*

Town house, now offices. c1738, altered late C18, restored and
converted late C20. For Rothwell Willoughby. Red brick with
ashlar dressings. Roof not visible behind coped parapet.
Plinth, chamfered quoins, moulded eaves cornice. 3 storeys; 5
window range. Windows are 12-pane sashes with bolection
moulded surrounds and keystones. Central doorcase with Roman
Ionic columns, broken segmental pediment and moulded keystone.
4-panel double doors with overlight.
Garden front has similar regular fenestration with brick flat
arches and keystones. Central doorway, converted to a window,
with frostwork surround and mask keystone.
INTERIOR retains original features, including a wooden dogleg
stair with turned and twist balusters and ramped scrolled
handrail. Similar, plainer stair on upper floors.
Half-panelled first floor room with corniced doorcase. Other
rooms have mainly original joinery. Principal rafter roof.
Original rock-cut cellars include 3 circular rooms with
central columns and integral tables. The largest has a rock
thrawl, the others, wine bins. Access passages have rendered
brick vaults.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London:
1979-: 230; Reprint from The Mercian Geologist, Vol. 13, Sept.
1992: Waltham AC: The sandstone caves of Nottingham:
Nottingham: 1992-: 5,10).

Listing NGR: SK5738139665

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Willoughby House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17553848

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)