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Monkton House

A Grade II Listed Building in Chippenham, Wiltshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4586 / 51°27'30"N

Longitude: -2.1085 / 2°6'30"W

OS Eastings: 392556

OS Northings: 173294

OS Grid: ST925732

Mapcode National: GBR 2SJ.FRN

Mapcode Global: VH96C.DLNQ

Plus Code: 9C3VFV5R+CH

Entry Name: Monkton House

Listing Date: 25 April 1950

Last Amended: 16 September 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1267930

English Heritage Legacy ID: 462406

ID on this website: 101267930

Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Chippenham

Built-Up Area: Chippenham

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

Church of England Parish: Chippenham with Tytherton Lucas

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

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Description


CHIPPENHAM

ST97SW SADLER'S MEAD 930-1/1/178 Monkton House 25/04/50 (Formerly Listed as: SADLER'S MEAD Monkton House (Flats Nos. 1-7))

II

Manor house, now flats. Dated 1757. Limestone ashlar, double-pitched slate roof with ashlar ridge stacks to front and rear ranges and one to the left of the valley. Mid-Georgian style. L-shaped plan. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; symmetrical 7-bay range, 4 windows to the left return, 3 bays to the right return. The central 3 bays step slightly forward under a modillioned pediment; modillion cornice to front and returns; parapet balustraded over the windows; moulded architraves to windows, 3/6-pane sash windows to the 2nd floor, 6/6-pane sashes with cornices to the rest. Prostyle portico with Ionic columns supporting an entablature with a pulvinated palmette frieze and dentilled cornice over a moulded architrave to a 8-flush-panelled door. The rear is 5-window range, a large semicircular-arched stair window with a keystone is to the left of centre. A lead rainwater head and pipe is dated "1757". INTERIOR: not inspected but noted as having been altered during conversion to flats.

Listing NGR: ST9255673294

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