Description

TQ O5NE RIPLEY C.P. DUNSBOROUGH PARK

2/127 Dunsborough House

II

House. C17 core, refaced in C18, extended and altered in late C18 and c19, extended
further to right in C20. Old range to left of centre with extension set back to
right, projecting to left, end range to left connected by screen wall.
Main house: Two storeys with attics in gables. Rebuilt stack to left of right hand
gable, further stack to rear. Ribbed,square-domed,open lantern to ridge of right
hand gable. Plat band over ground floor, cornice over first floor and brick string
coursed coping around the gables. Four bays. 12-pane glazing bar sash fenestration,
four windows to each floor under gauged brick heads. C20 extension to right, open on
ground floor with three thin Doric columns. Fine C17 door and case on left hand wall
of porch with 6 fielded panels in fluted Doric pilaster surround.
Extension to right: Two storeys with five cambered head leaded casement windows in
first floor, 4 below. Half-glazed, cambered head door to left under flat hood;
further door to right through brick arch. Further, lower extension set back to right
end.
Left hand extension: 2 bay C19 extension to left of main house: 1 storey with plat
band to base of parapet. 2 tall 15-Pane glazing bar sash windows under gauged brick
heads. C20 screen wall at 90 degrees with moulded brick semi-dome under plat band to
C20 rectangular block to end.
Garden front: 2 bay C19 range to right. C20 extensions to left. Early C18 gabled
bay set back to centre with string courses to each floor. Glazed door and 2 glazing
bar sash windows on first floor.

Listing NGR: TQ0524657200

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26658252

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