Description

TL 33 SE WYDDIAL ROYSTON ROAD (A10) (East side)

1/143 Corneybury 19.10.51

GV II*

Manor house. Probably late C16 in origin, early C17 N front with wings remodelled 1681 for Charles Crouch ('1681 CC' on rainwater heads), W front remodelled in C18, and house renovated for William Butt in early C19 (V & A Wallpaper Bk for 1826-29 has paper for Drawing Rm). Red brick of differing periods with steep old red tile roofs. An irregular house lying E-W with E shaped symmetrical formal N front of projecting porch and flanking wings. 2 storeys and attics with lower part at SE. N front has gables to projecting wings and central feature with moulded brick gable parapets, oval attic windows in square frames, 3-light mullioned and transomed windows. Leaded glazing with iron opening lights. Late C17 central Ionic porch with pediment and 6-panel door. Pedimented brick aedicule (restored) above with statue of Juno. The front of the NW gabled wing has been re-erected fronting a short extension to that wing (prob in 1681) with a large chimney backing onto the window openings. Parapeted and gabled contemporary W end altered in C18 by addition of a 2-storeys segmental brick bay window with segmental arched windows and insertion of sash windows, deeper on Gd floor, but side windows there altered to triple sashes in early C19. S front has 3 + 1 sash windows on each floor with 6/6 panes, and round headed windows to low SE part probably a former conservatory. (RCHM (1911) 245: VCH (1914), 114, 116-117: Pevsner (1977) 142: RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL3581130706

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings