Description

TIDENHAM SEDBURY
ST 59 SE
13/244 Sedbury Park
7.8.54
GV II*

Large country house, now school. C19. Limestone ashlar to balustrade parapets,
low pitched hipped Welsh slate roof, and stacks with heavy Victorian cappings flank-
ing the central hall. A large compact block with projecting porch to south,
colonnade with unfluted Doric columns runs full width south front and full width
of return front to west; at back a second low block set at right-angles is connected
to the main building by a glazed quadrant passageway. Three storeys, 3-windowed
symmetrical front with full-height central projection over ante-room: at second
floor small 6-pane sashes, the centre unit and returns on projection in moulded
architraves, at first floor 12-pane sashes in moulded architraves, and tripartite
central sash with pilasters and cornice, and at ground floor 2 full depth part glass
sashes, central pair doors, bottom panel fielded, upper glazed. At doorway is a
porte-cochere, with 2 columns in antis and with responds. The large extension to
right not included. West front three storeys, 1:3:1-windowed, similar to main front,
but the single windows in slightly projecting flat bays. North front has had flat-
roofed extension added, right; at second floor are sections of blank balustrade
in recesses 12-pane sash at first floor but centre section modified, and at ground
floor left a 3-light plate glass sash under flat segmental head and with stone
pilasters, centrally a similar window but with flat architrave. Also here to left
a Victorian glazed quadrant passage connecting to a single storey ashlar block
including a tripartite plate-glass sash with stone pilasters. Interior: a fine
central hall with open well staircase in stone, with heavy fluted newels, decorative
wrought iron handrail, and panelled soffit with egg and dart mould, a first floor
gallery with three arched openings and wood balustrade, and an upper balustrade
modified with part glazing. Floor in black and white marble, conical roof-light
in deep compartmented ceiling. Panelled walls, doors and shutters. At ground floor
a large elliptical opening opposite the entrance door, some door heads with broken
'baroque' pediments. Many good doorcases, pilasters, cornices, and panelling
generally.

Listing NGR: ST5535193384

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17537540

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair