Description

SP 14 SW WESTON SUBEDGE

4/143 Burnt Norton with service wing 25.8.60 (formerly listed as Burnt Norton House)

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Manor house. C17, C18 former facade to rear. Extensive alterations, especially to the north and east facades 1901-2 by Sir Guy Dawber for the Earl of Harrowby. Interior remodelled and modernised at the same time. Coursed and squared limestone with some dressed limestone in the upper part of the left gable. Brick rear wall. Limestone slate roof with flat coping and pierced, pointed finials. Twin ashlar stacks with moulded top courses and lower courses from right side. Two brick stacks, one multi-angular front left. Some reused decorative C17 iron work guttering with long rainwater head decorated with interlace patterns. Brick service wing with projecting brick/limestone stack front towards right of wing parallel to main body. Multi-angular brick stack from attached wing at right angles to left of the latter. Limestone slate roof. Octagonal bell and clock. Lantern with ogee curved leaded roof and weather vane. The main body forms an almost square block with a service wing attached left, set back from the facade of the main body. The service wing is 'L' shaped in plan with a wing running forwards on the left. Main body 2 storeys and attic. Cellar at ground floor level below present facade: Service wing: 2 storeys and attic with left wing of one storey with attic. Facade of main body: 4 gabled with left gable set back slightly. Irregular fenestration to all. 3 gables to right; 1901-2 with 2, 3 and 5-light, flat chamfered stone mullioned windows and 3, 4 and 4- light stone mullioned and transomed windows with central King mullions. Canted 2-bay window left with mullioned and transomed lower window and mullioned window to first floor with decorative open work parapet reading: 19H02. Gable far left possibly incorporates C17 parts and is lit by 2-light C20 mullioned and transomed windows. Single light, with a blind, round head with keystone, right of front door. 5 steps flanked by low walls with moulded capping stones with a pair of ball finials, lead up to unpainted 4-panel front door in a roll moulded surround with decorative steps, flanked by rusticated pilasters on engaged plinths, with geometric decoration in relief. The rear wall is lit by 12-pane sashes with wide glazing bars in segmental headed surrounds. Service wing: 2, 3 and 4-light metal casements some with segmental heads some with transoms. Very large sundial with triangular pediment and scrolled brackets to either side, from eaves to rear of service wing. The left wing has 2 and 3-light dormers with curving gables over. Central, wide, segmental archway flanked by 2 brick buttresses with curved limestone slate cappings. Raking buttress to left wall. Subsidiary features: semi-circular brick wall with 2 square, brick piers flanking entrance with limestone ball finials attached to left wall of the service wing at right angles to the main body, forming a small yard outside the former stables. History: a house resembling a farmhouse was built on the site in 1620 by Lord Saye and Sele. A brick front, now at the rear was added early C17. In 1716 the house came into the hands of the Keyte family. In 1741 the extensions built by Sir William Keyte were burnt down hence the name. 1901-2 extensive alterations and modernisation. The gardens provided the inspiration for T.S. Eliots 'Burnt Norton' one of the 'Four Quartets'.

Listing NGR: SP1462141504

External Links

• Burnt Norton at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26465359

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments