WINDLESTONE HALL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL - List Entry

  • Description

    "House, now County Council residential school. Circa 1835 rebuilding, by Ignatius Bonomi, for Sir Robert Johnson Eden; Bart,, of C16 house; said to incorporate part of rear wing rebuilt c.1750, Billiard room added second half C19. Ashlar sandstone said to have come from Gatherley Moor, N, Riding; rear service wing rendered with ashlar dressings. Roofs thick light grey slates, not visible from front. Long U-plan. Main range, facing east, 2 storeys, 3:1:3:2:3 bays, 12 in all, and one-storey 2-bay billiard-room block breaking forward at right end. First 7 bays treated symmetrically, with projecting balustraded smooth Doric colonnade,...."
  • Owner

    Historic England
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    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1160327
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 3 years, 10 months ago
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