Description

WYMONDHAM

TG00SE BARNHAM BROOM ROAD
655-1/3/15 Kimberley House including service
29/12/50 wings to NW and SE
(Formerly Listed as:
BARNHAM BROOM ROAD
Kimberley House including the
service wings to the NW and SE)
(Formerly Listed as:
BARNHAM BROOM ROAD
Service wings to the NW and SE of
Kimberley House)

II*

Country House. 1712 by William Talman, the corner towers added
1754 by Thomas Prowse to Talman's design. Brick with stone
dressings. Lead and felt roof. Entrance front to north-east. 3
storeys, with additional storey in corner towers. 9 bays,
centre 3 broken forward under pediment. Corner towers are
additional single bays which project to north-east and
south-west, but are flush to the 5-bay returns. Bays divided
by platbands. Central door behind portico on 4 Ionic columns
by Fletcher Watson, 1951. Window above with open segmental
pediment. Fenestration of sashes with glazing bars and gauged
skewback arches. Main pediment with coat of arms. Plain
parapet conceals flat roof. Several stacks arranged
symmetrically. Corner towers with hipped slate roofs.
South-west (garden) facade similar but plainer. Central French
window approached by balustrade which returns to form screen
extending the width of the house. To north and south of
entrance front are quadrangular wings, linked to house by
quadrants by Anthony Salvin, 1835. Quadrants of one storey and
basement: brick, sloping slate roof to rear, sashes with
glazing bars. Quadrangular wings both similar: brick, 2
storeys, slate hipped roofs. 5 bays, central 3 bays broken
forward to each side under pediment, except to north return of
north wing and south return to south wing (i.e. those facing
away from house and entry drive). Fenestration of sashes with
glazing bars under gauged skewback arches. North wing with
infilled courtyard, south wing restored 1958.
INTERIOR of house. Original disposition of 3 rooms of 3 bays
to each floor broadly maintained. 2-storey entrance hall and
staircase by James Fletcher Watson, 1951. Imperial staircase
with turned balusters leads to screen of 2 Corinthian columns
and 2 pilasters at first floor. Plastered ceiling. Other
details by Watson elsewhere. North-east room by John
Sanderson, 1770. Very fine frieze with decoration of paired
lions, urns and scrolled foliage. Over one door is a plaster
relief panel depicting Moses in the bullrushes. Opposite door
with a pair of Corinthian columns supporting a pediment, and,
in the frieze, relief scenes of classical figures. A recess to
the north-west is flanked by paired Corinthian columns and
caryatid figures supporting plastered ceiling. Off recess is
an octagonal room by Sanderson (in north tower) with shelving
for a china collection and a plaster ceiling. Main staircase
of 1754 in south-east tower, with a coffered domed ceiling
probably also by Sanderson. Wrought-iron balustrade with
waterleaf details. Extensive basements with groined vaults.

Listing NGR: TG0904204748

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532643

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)