Description

SO 80 SW at WOODCHESTER WOODCHESTER PARK
NGR SO 818014

4/266 Boat house

II

Boathouse. c1820, probably by John Adey Repton for 1st Earl
Ducie. Coursed rubble limestone with dressed quoins; red brick;
ashlar chimney; stone slate roof. Two-storey, boat dock on lower
level. Picturesque. North side: central projecting gabled
porch with rustic timber posts; 4-panelled door. Shaped barge
boards and eaves fascias. Low-level doorway with plank door left.
Ridge-mounted chimney with moulded cap. Two slit openings on
south side at lower level with off-centre casement above. East
end: brick with large boat opening having timber lintel and canted
upper floor timber oriel above. Interior not inspected. Very
overgrown at time of survey (December 1985).

Listing NGR: SO8176901433

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26467099

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