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The Mansion Including Coach House Wall

A Grade I Listed Building in Ashbourne, Derbyshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0156 / 53°0'56"N

Longitude: -1.7372 / 1°44'13"W

OS Eastings: 417729

OS Northings: 346509

OS Grid: SK177465

Mapcode National: GBR 48P.ZKQ

Mapcode Global: WHCF5.9G0J

Plus Code: 9C5W2787+64

Entry Name: The Mansion Including Coach House Wall

Listing Date: 15 June 1951

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1335139

English Heritage Legacy ID: 79834

ID on this website: 101335139

Location: Bellevue, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, DE6

County: Derbyshire

District: Derbyshire Dales

Town: Derbyshire Dales

Civil Parish: Ashbourne

Built-Up Area: Ashbourne

Traditional County: Derbyshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Derbyshire

Church of England Parish: Ashbourne St Oswald

Church of England Diocese: Derby

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Description


CHURCH STREET
1.
783
(South-East Side)
The Mansion,
including coach house
wall
SK 14 NE 1/22 15.6.5l.
I GV
2.
Built circa 1685 but facade, Music Room and interior features date from circa
1765 to 1784. Red brick, with bands at 1st and 2nd floor sill height. Corbelled
plaster cornice; parapet with inset balustrades, inset open pediment crowning
central bay. Roof not visible. 3 storeys; of 3 bays. 2 windows each side and
Venetian window centre with semi-circular tripartite window above. One windowed
3 storey portion of older facade remains to west. The garden front has side gables
and a central Doric gabled porch raised on steps and leading to the domed octagonal
Music Room. To the north-east of main facade, the wall, only, of the coach house/stable
remains but this has arched treatment and character and must be regarded in relation
to the group effect here.
Interior
Elegant staircase with laced iron balusters and balcony above which is supported
on marble pillars of Ionic Order. Fireplaces, doors and some panelling with
bolection moulding. Plaster ceilings; that of the Music Room with Rococo motifs.
The Mansion was the home of Dr Taylor (vide Boswell) 1710-1788. Taylor was a
friend of Dr Johnson, who frequently stayed here between 1737 and 1784. (Ref
Country Life 28.3.68.)

Nos 38, 40 and 72, together with Pegg's Almshouses, Owlfield's Almhouses, The
Mansion, the Summerhouse and the cobbled pavements form a group with the parish
Church of St Oswald and the churchyard gate piers, gates and walls.

Listing NGR: SK1772946509

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