Description

TL 15SE BLUNHAM

2/1 Blunham Court and Blunham
16.1.52 House

- II

Small country house now subdivided. Probably circa 1720-30 for Thomas
Bromsall (Bedfordshire Record Office, X336), with various C19 additions and
alterations. Red brick. Hipped roofs, partly of clay tile, partly of slate.
Earlier block to W, with later additions to N, S and E, forming quadrangle
around small courtyard. N block of 3 storeys, other blocks of 2 storeys. W
elevation: 6 window facade, giving symmetrical impression, with central bay
projecting slightly, RH 2 window range of same width as LH 3 window range.
Central bay ground floor has 6 moulded panel front door with side-lights and
rectangular fanlight, within stone Doric porch. First floor Palladian window
with stone surround. LH and RH bays, probably raised from one to 2 storeys at
later date, have sash windows with glazing bars, mostly under slightly
cambered gauged brick heads. LH bay has tripartite sash to ground floor RH.
RH bay has full-length sash to RH ground floor, surmounted by first floor
dummy window. Stone cornice and stone coped parapet. S elevation: 3:4:3
window ranges, mostly of later date. Stone coped parapet continues from main
front. Cornice is of moulded brick. Brick first floor bands to central and
RH ranges. "Payne" incised in brick surround of LH ground floor window of E
block. Blunham House was at one time the house of Sir Peter Payne (1763-1843)
a Bedfordshire reformer of the early C19.

Listing NGR: TL1514450954

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26598851

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey