Description

ROEHAMPTON LANE SW15
1.
5033
Downshire House
TQ 27SW 3/13 14.7.55
II*
2.
Circa 1770 for Marquess of Downshire.
Three-storeys, 6 windows with 2-storey, 3 window splayed bay extension to north.
Brown brick. Red segmental arches to recessed windows and red dressings at jambs
and angles. Rusticated wood doorcase with fluted Doric pilasters, triglyph frieze,
segmental pediment broken over pilasters and panelled reveals. Garden front has
stone bands at first floor and first floor sills, brick band second floor and stone
bracketed cornice below parapet; brick rusticated quoins and 3 window splayed bay
at ground floor. R w Furze Brettingham did work at Downshire House for second
Marquess of Downshire presumably circa 1795 (APSD and Colvin).

Listing NGR: TQ2208774118

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532018

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)