Description

WINKFIELD

SU97SW PIGEONHOUSE LANE
674-1/13/250 (South side (off))
20/12/72 Ascot Place

GV II

Large country house in parkland with large lake and grotto
(qv). Late C18 by Thomas Sandby, altered early C19 and again
late C19 by A Mitchell. Reconstructed mid C20 by F Scarlett.
MATERIALS: yellow stock brick in Flemish bond. Low pitch
hipped slate roof of double span.
PLAN: square plan with a lower pavilion on each side.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement to centre section, 2 storey
pavilions. 4 large ridge chimneys with moulded stone cornices
and clay pots. Sash windows with glazing bars and gauged brick
arches.
South front symmetrical. Centre section, 7-bays. Projecting
plinth, plain parapet and coping with urns at corners. 3-bay
projecting centre section with dentilled pediment and
prostyle, tetrastyle Doric portico approached by 7 stone steps
with urns on side walls. Half glazed double entrance door. On
left, set back, single storey link with C20 panelled door to
3-bay pavilion, similar in style to centre section without
pediment, but with central cupola with louvred semicircular
openings. On right similar pavilion but with 3 large C20
round-headed windows with radiating glazing bars.
INTERIOR: mostly re-modelled C20. Open well staircase of 4
flights, turned balusters and moulded handrail. Open string
with moulded tread ends returned on soffit, and foliated
spandrels. Staircase hall has dentilled and moulded cornice at
each level, panelled walls and moulded doorcases. Marble
chimneypieces in ante-room, dining room and sitting room.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Berkshire:
Harmondsworth: 1966-: 70; Victoria County History: VOL III:
86).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Ascot Place at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q26669860 Q4804037

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback