Description

SU 62 SE LANGRISH WINCHESTER ROAD

2/4 Bordean House

II

Mansion. Late C17, with late C19 changes, and substantial early C20 eastward extension. Walls of squared malmstone with brick dressings (bold rusticated quoins, other flush quoins, rubbed flat arches with stone keys), brick plinth, also stone dressings to the later features. Hipped slate roof, wood modillion cornice. The original H-block retains its symmetrical north-east front, but with added and very ornamental features of the late C19 (with classical details in Bath stone), and a tall centre projecting from the recessed middle part; now two storeys and attic, 2.1.1.1.2 windows, with a single-storeyed unit (with balustrade above rendered walls, but still slightly recessed) filling the space between wings and entrance. Sashes; the semi-attic windows are coupled within stone frames, of pilasters, cornice, and bell-shaped pediment: the 1st floor sashes are within original openings: the ground-floor window to each wing is a massive splayed bay of four sashes, with stone classical details below a balustrade. The centre has a (higher) attic window similar to those in the wings, and there is a classical framework of brick pilasters (rusticated to the ground-floor) enclosing a stone framed three- sash 1st floor window above an Ionic doorcase. The plain west end has a massive brick stack, the centre part having been rebuilt, with mullioned windows, in the early C20 (following the removal of a more-westerly unit). The generally symmetrical rear elevation is mostly comprised of late C19 alterations, but the west side retains an original Venetian window. Interior: the main feature is the staircase, lit by the Venetian window, with iron rails and stone steps of tradition- al form, but other older details such as niches and a decorative plaster ceiling. Besides the much altered original block, there is a larger early C20 east wing, which follows the simpler style of the original elevations.

External Links

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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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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)