Description

STI4SE HOLFORD CP WOODLANDS

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Woodlands House
22.5.69

GV II

House. Circa 1790, enlarged early C19. Roughcast over brick, hipped slate roof, modillion cornice, brick stacks with
twisted chimney pots. Double pile enlarged with semi-circular bow wings. 2 storeys, 3 bays; 12 pane sash windows, and
wooden trellis surrounds, central pedimented pilaster door case, half glazed double doors with side lights. 3 bay
right return of 12 pane sash windows and segmental headed tripartite sash windows with 2-light casements bottom left,
full height 3 window semi-circular bow addition to right. This was the home of John Kenyon, poet and philanthropist,
who introduced Browning to his future wife Elizabeth Barrett. (VCH Somerset, Vol.5 forthcoming; Moorman, M, Ed The
Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, 1971; photograph in NMR).

Listing NGR: ST1612940703

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26309619

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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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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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)