Burford House and Garden Wall Attached to SE Burford, England

Listed Building Data

Burford House and Garden Wall Attached to SE 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
1383418
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II*
Date Listed
12 November 1954
Name
BURFORD HOUSE AND GARDEN WALL ATTACHED TO THE SOUTH EAST
Location
BURFORD HOUSE AND GARDEN WALL ATTACHED TO THE SOUTH EAST
Parish
Burford
District
Shropshire
Grid Reference
SO 58215 67973
Easting
358214.8890
Northing
267972.7220

Listed Building Description

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BURFORD

SO56NE Burford House and garden wall 582-1/8/19 attached to the south-east. 12/11/54

GV II*

House. Early to mid C18, reputed to be built in 1728 for William Bowles M.P., proprietor of the Vauxhall glass works. Restored and altered c1954 for John Treasure. Red brick with brick storey bands and brick parapet. Plain-tile roof with brick coped parapets and gables. Brick integral gable-end stacks with lateral and axial stacks. Double-pile plan with rear parallel extension. EXTERIOR: north front is a 3-storey 6-window range of tall 9/9 sashes to ground and first floors, and 6/6 second-floor sashes, all with gauged brick lintels. Early C19 central projecting porch with Doric columns and open pediment. Front door set in panelled reveals, with pair of glazed panelled doors with fanlight with radial glazing bars. Later brick wings on east and west sides now demolished. East side now with C20 multi-pane casements at ground and first floor. West side with C20 first-floor sash and ground-floor French windows with flanking casements, terrace to west formed from demolished wing and incorporating stone from base of medieval chimney. Rear: 3-storey 5-window range of 6/6 sashes with gauged brick lintels, central restored projecting porch mirroring the front porch and with glazed door and fanlight with festoon and radial glazing bars. INTERIOR: contains some good panelling to ground-floor rooms. The entrance hall has complete wall panelling, moulded cornices, 6-panelled doors, and elliptical arched panelled arcade. Brick walls approximately 3 metres high with weathered coping extending from the south-east corner of Burford House approximately 80 metres to the east and then 40 metres to the south.

Listing NGR: SO5821267972