Description

KINGTON

SO2856 RIDGEBOURNE ROAD
643-1/1/3 (South side (off))
07/08/72 Ridgebourne

GV II

House. Early C19 front to C18 core. Roughcast to stone rubble;
Welsh slate roof with twin gables; central dressed stone ridge
stack; dressed stone stack to left rear. Central staircase
plan. Late Classical style. 2 storeys; 5-window range: 6/6
sashes to centre, recessed in porch bay; moulded and bracketed
eaves and twin pediments to gables. 4-panel double doors and
plain overlight, under ashlar portico with square pilasters;
flanked by paired 2/2 sashes with shutters (Venetian to left).
Left returned side: returned eaves detail; late C19 bay to
ground floor. Wing to rear (original house): c1700, with C19
front; twin ashlar stacks to twin-span roof; 6/6 sash flanked
by 8/8 sashes; lunette window to pedimented gable; late C19
bay with French windows, and 8/8 sash. Late C19 gable wing to
left and rear: 6/6 sashes; pedimented gable with semicircular
window; ashlar stack. INTERIOR: early C19 open-well staircase
with stick balusters and swan-neck rail; Gothick glazed
staircase sash. Ground floor left: marble fireplace and
columns; cornice; 6-panel doors. Similar rooms and early C18
panelling to rear wing.

Listing NGR: SO2877856677

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491036

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey