Description

SANDHURST

SU86SE LONDON ROAD
674-1/18/171 (North West side)
20/12/72 Government House, Royal Military
Academy

GV II

Manor house, now commanding officer's residence. Late C18,
altered early C19.
MATERIALS: Painted ashlar with rendered stacks, roof not
visible, hipped slate roof to right hand side range.
PLAN: double depth plan.
STYLE: mid Georgian style.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 5-window range with 2 storey 4-window
side range. Symmetrical front with middle bay set forward,
platbands, thin cornice band and parapet. 6/6-pane sashes,
some horned. Left hand return has 5-window range all blind
except second bay from front, which has 6/6-pane sashes, above
curved bay with 6/9-pane horned sashes down to ground. Garden
front has wide right hand canted bay with parapet, central 6/6
and flanking 4/4-pane sashes, with French windows to first
floor windows above. Right hand lower 2 storey, 4-window range
has segmental arched casements.
INTERIOR: not inspected but noted as having an entrance hall
and stair, and panelled shutters.
HISTORY: originally the manor house of Sandhurst, and included
in the early C19 college as the Commandant's house after the
estate was bought in 1801 from William Pitt.
(Country Life: Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst: London:
1969-: 1662; Shepperd A: Sandhurst - the Royal Military
Academy: London: 1980-).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669769

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)