LONGRIDGE TOWER - List Entry

  • Description

    "Country house, now school. c.1876 by J.C. and C.A. Buckler for Sir Hubert Jerningham. Sandstone ashlar, roofs not visible. Tudor style. A large mansion on irregular plan. 2 storeys with 3-storey tower to right. An asymmetric and very freely composed 7-bay facade. 4th bay has large rib- vaulted porte-cochere with multi-moulded Tudor arches, battlements, and octagonal pinnacles at the corners with ogee caps. ....The tower recessed on right return has large and complex buttresses; small windows; Jerningham crest on 1st floor. Very large service wings to rear...."
  • Owner

    Historic England
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
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  • Further information

    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1154722
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 4 years, 3 months ago
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