Description

ST44NW WEDMORE CP SAND

10/229 Sand House

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- II

Country house. Circa 1750 for William White, C19 alterations and additions. Roughcast, freestone dressings, some rusticated ashlar quoins, moulded cornice, tall parapet forming a blank third storey, plain coping, 3 pineapple finials. Symmetrical garden frontage of two storeys, 3 bays, sash windows with marginal glazing barsi rusticated surrounds, stepped voussoirs, parapet with 3 blank windows in a similar style. Central door opening, half glazed door, doorcase with rusticated pilasters, triangular pediment. Right return of 2 storeys, moulded cornice, ashlar parapet ramped up to each side, further pineapple finial to right of this return; 2:2:2 bays, a pilaster between each; sash windows, those to first floor of 12-lights, those to ground floor with glazing bars removed, each window with paired horizontally sliding shutters; angular bay window with a transom to right of ground floor, hipped tile roof. Interior with some C18 and C19 features, particularly ornamental plasterwork to principal ground floor rooms; late C18 staircase, twisted and turned balusters, ramped handrail, mid C19 dado-panelling to dining room with grained decoration. Much important Oriental and Indian work of the C19 and earlier incorporated into the interior of the house; particularly an overmantle and panelling to right ground floor room; overmantle, panelling and carvings to large hall to rear.

Listing NGR: ST4335146450

External Links

• Wikidata Q26552996

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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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)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey