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Tudor House

A Grade II* Listed Building in Long Itchington, Warwickshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2833 / 52°16'59"N

Longitude: -1.3923 / 1°23'32"W

OS Eastings: 441550

OS Northings: 265190

OS Grid: SP415651

Mapcode National: GBR 7Q1.W80

Mapcode Global: VHBXL.TW90

Plus Code: 9C4W7JM5+83

Entry Name: Tudor House

Listing Date: 7 January 1952

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1185708

English Heritage Legacy ID: 307174

ID on this website: 101185708

Location: Long Itchington, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, CV47

County: Warwickshire

District: Stratford-on-Avon

Civil Parish: Long Itchington

Built-Up Area: Long Itchington

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Long Itchington Holy Trinity

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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Description


LONG ITCHINGTON SOUTHAM R0AD
SP4165 (West side)
10/44 Tudor House
07/01/52

GV II*

House. Mid/late C16. Timber framed with close studding to all facades, with
rendered infill. Stone and Roman brick plinth to front, with squared, coursed
sandstone ground floor to rear. Plain-tile roof with brick ridge stacks. Long
range runs north-west to south-east with front range of 5 bays with jettied
gables to attics resting on moulded brackets. 2 storeys plus attics; 5-window
range of 5-light ovolo-moulded wood mullioned windows to ground and first
floors. Early C20 canted bay with sashes to ground floor centre-right. 2-light
ovolo-moulded wood mullioned window to each jettied gable. At apex of each gable
a wood moulded finial and pendant, now damaged. C20 plank door to centre within
C20 timber gabled porch. Rear of building has stone ground floor with a range of
seven C16 one- and two-light ovolo-moulded mullioned windows, with two C20
mullioned windows in imitative style. Jettied first floor with a range of 7
three-light wood mullioned windows with leaded lights. 6-panelled door to centre
within C18 moulded stone surround with keyblock. C19 brick infill to left gable
end, with C20 brick one-storey extension to left. 2- and 3-light wood mullioned
windows to right gable end, with one blocked 2-light window to ground floor.
Interior: OS joists exist throughout ground floor. C16 plank doors within
moulded wood surrounds to ground and first floors. Large open fireplaces, one
with C19 timber bressumer. 2 staircases with turned balusters rise from ground
floor to long gallery. Close-studded partitions throughout house. Spiral
staircase rises from first floor to attics. Queen-post roof with windbraces.
History: Queen Elizabeth I said to have dined here when the house was owned by
the Earl of Leicester. Latterly home of the Sitwell family.
(V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol.VI, p.125; Buildings of England: Warwickshire,
p.344).


Listing NGR: SP4155065190

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