Description

SP5019 KIRTLINGTON

16/44 Kirtlington Park
26/11/51

GV I

Country house. 1742-6 by William Smith and John Sanderson for Sir James
Dashwood; interior decoration completed mid C19. Limestone ashlar. Double-depth
central block linked to square pavilions by low corridors turning through ninety
degrees. Palladian style; 9- by 6-window central block has an engaged tetrastyle
Ionic portico with a richly-carved triangular pediment flanked by a balustraded
parapet and modillion cornice; the architraved windows have alternating
segmental and triangular pediments above tall 15-pane sashes, in the piano
nobile, and have 12-pane sashes at second floor. The wide balustraded double
staircase rises above a rusticated basement. At the rear the windows of the
piano nobile have triple-stepped keyblocks below floating cornices, and the
central window has a pilastered surround supporting a Gibbsian arch; the central
bays break forward below a second triangular pediment and above a double
staircase of a different configuration. The flanking corridors contain
pedimented doorways and niches. The 5- by 5-window pavilions also have pediments
over the middle 3 bays, and their roofs bear cupolas. Interior not inspected but
notable for the rich Palladian decoration of the hall and the Rococo interior of
the library (stucco work attributed to Roberts of Oxford), and the painted
decoration of the Monkey Room by J.F. Clermont. The Rococo decoration of the
dining room was removed in 1931 to New York. The house is set in a park
landscaped by Capability Brown.

Listing NGR: SP5082219833

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Kirtlington Park at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17528135

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback