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| Name: | SANDYE PLACE, Park Road |
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| HER No.: | 440 |
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| Type of Record: | Listed Building |
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Summary
Early 18th century house, two storeys, of red brick. On the site of several earlier buildings.
Full Description
Early C18 house in the style of Henry Flitcroft. Now forms part of a school. In a parapet over the door is a tablet engraved with the record of earlier houses on the site. It is a square house of 2 storeys, built of red brick. A basement also shows on the south-east and north-west sides, though the terrace is built up to a higher level on the south-west. Stone dressings. Parapet, interrupted with balustrading. Hipped tile roof. Five windows (disposed 1:3:1) with a projecting and pedimented bay for the central 3 windows to garden front. A modern 5-sided bay projects further from the ground floor. Coat of arms enclosed in pediment. On the south-east side a wide stone perron leads up to the front door. North, 3 storey, ironstone wing added C19.
The house is on an earthwork mound, which is undated.
Protected Status:
- Listed Building (II)
- Listed Building (II) 5124: Sandye Place
Monument Types
- STABLE (17th Century to Unknown - 1673 AD)
- BUILDING (BDG DETAIL:FANLIGHT(DECORATED) 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
- MANOR HOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD? to 1750 AD?)
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Sources and Further Reading
| --- | SBD10506 - Photograph: HER photograph Archive. F870/6A |
| --- | SBD10507 - Photograph: BCC Photographic Unit. F158/4, 5; F165/36A |
| --- | SBD10533 - Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1968. Buildings of England, Bedfordshire and the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough. no page ref |
| --- | SBD10543 - Bibliographic reference: Bedfordshire Magazine. Vol 6 pp 82, 179 |
| --- | SBD10706 - Bibliographic reference: Wadmore. 1920. Earthworks of Bedfordshire. pp 263-265 |
| --- | SBD10783 - Unpublished document: 1937. Bedfordshire Regional Planning Authority Report. p 188 |
| --- | SBD11057 - Unpublished document: OS: TL 14. TL 14 NE 2 |
| --- | SBD11088 - Index: 1979. DoE 32nd list of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Mid Beds. 5124 |
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