Description

TL 25 SW TETWORTH

8/96 (17/2) Tetworth Hall
24.10.51 at end of lane
from Dove Road
to Tetworth

- II*

Fine country house built 1710 by John Pedley, MP, for
Huntingdonshire from 1706-08. Dated and inscribed on brick to
west of doorway in north wall. Later, lower additions to east
and west. Red brick with limestone dressings to south front.
Parapetted, hipped roof of plain tiles, leaded, and two original
ridge stacks of red brick with moulded limestone capping. Two
storeys and attics. Three dormers. Symmetrically designed
south front of five bays framed by giant, rusticated pilasters
and band between storeys and at eaves height. Flat, gauged
brick arches with stone key blocks to later flush, wood frame
hung sashes, the one at ground floor to the west is blind, and
stone sills. Three steps up to central doorway. Doorcase of
engaged Corinthian columns with entablature and broken segmental
pediment. In the tympanum there is a cartouche with a shield of
arms. The north front is also of five bays and has a basement
as well as two storeys and an attic. The parapetted, two storey
bay to the west and the service wings to the east were added at
the end of the C18. The neo-Georgian loggia was built in 1961
and is by Marshall Sisson. There are three original rainwatr
heads to east and west gable ends. Interior. The house is of
double pile plan and the interior details are substantially
unchanged from the early C18. Nearly all the ground and first
floor rooms retain the original panelling and doors. The hall
has a fluted Corinthian screen at the west end and a floor of
limestone slabs set diagonally. The main staircase is of three
flights with a landing. It is open string with three twisted
balusters, some renewed, to each tread. The back staircase is
of four flights, closed string, turned balusters and square
newels. At the first floor there is a small lobby to twin
doorways to two rooms on the north side. The lobby is
semi-domed and has a palm leaf vignette.
RCHM (West Cambs) (Gamlingay) mon. (42).
Pevsner: Buildings of England, p350.

Listing NGR: TL2176353054

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544190

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