Description

SOUTHWELL

WESTHORPE, Westhorpe
SK6853
1919-0/9/243 (North side)
11/08/61 Westhorpe Hall
(Formerly Listed as:
WESTHORPE
The Hall)

II

Country house, now flats. Late C18, altered early C19.
Converted to flats late C20. Stucco, with stone dressings and
hipped slate roofs. Plinth, moulded and rebated eaves. 5 side
wall and 2 ridge stacks. Windows are mainly glazing bar
sashes. Irregular eastern entrance front, 2 storeys, has an
off-centre hipped projection with recessed Classical porch
with 2 square piers and moulded cornice. Moulded 6-panel door
with fanlight and flanking lights. Above, a single sash. To
right, C19 hipped 2 storey addition with canted corner and 2
stone cross-casements on each floor. To left, a set back bay
with 2 sashes on each floor. To left again, a short hipped
wing, 2 storeys plus basement, with 3 mullioned casements and
above, a single sash on each floor. 7-window Gothick north
front, 2 storeys, has plinth and crenellated parapet.
Projecting centre has a single Gothick casement on each floor.
On either side, a shallow canted 2 storey bay window each with
a central French window flanked by single casements and above,
3 similar casements. Irregular west side has to left a canted
2 storey hipped wing with cross casements. To its right, a
hipped single storey billiard room. 3 storey south side, 5
windows, has a shallow-gabled Classical porch to right. This
building was the home of General Warrand, who played a part in
the Indian Mutiny.

Listing NGR: SK6874053637

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26576745

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)