Description

NU 0426-0526 CHILLINGHAM THE SQUARE

16/64 Nos.9-12 (consecutive)

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Estate houses. Dated 1836 in gables. By Edward Blore for the Earl of Tankerville.
Roughly dressed stone with ashlar surrounds. Welsh slate roof. U-shaped plan.
2 storeys. 6 bays in all. Projecting wings, and porches which project from end of
wings into courtyard, have gables with overlapping coping and kneelers. Gable ends
have 2-light mullioned windows with 8-pane sashes in each light. Other ground floor
windows are 16-pane sashes. These are all set in slightly recessed chamfered
surrounds. Upper windows facing the courtyard are flat-topped dormers breaking the
eaves with 12-pane casements. Big, coupled, stone, corniced stacks, 3 on ridge and
one projecting on each return. Small screen walls with chamfered square piers and
ridged coping project from porches to form gateway to courtyard. Square gate piers
with pyramidal caps.

Listing NGR: NU0587626073

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26566321

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)