Diana's House Amesbury, England

Listed Building Data

Diana's House has been designated a Grade II* listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1131053
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II*
Date Listed
10 January 1953
Name
DIANA'S HOUSE
Location
DIANA'S HOUSE, COUNTESS ROAD
Parish
Amesbury
District
Wiltshire
Grid Reference
SU 15346 41854
Easting
415345.8500
Northing
141853.8000

Listed Building Description

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AMESBURY COUNTESS ROAD SU 1541 (west side)

11/30 Diana's House 10.1.53 GV II*

Gatehouse to Amesbury Abbey (q.v.). 1600. Flint, with stone quoins and dressings. Fissile stone slate roofs. Two storeys, triangular block with octagonal stair tower attached to south. Moulded string courses and eaves. Moulded architraves to 12-pane C18 windows. Stair tower of 4 stages with double chamfered square stone windows. Ogee roofs, stair tower has band of fishscale slates. Ashlar stone stack external to south-west face of main block. Inscription over 4-centred ground floor door reads 'Diana, her hous 1600.' Diana is alleged to have been a mistress of Edward Seymour.

Listing NGR: SU1534641854