Dymoke House

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SU 5032 part/5132 ITCHEN VALLEY CHURCH LANE

Easton 13/14 Dymoke House GV II *

House. Late C18 double pile house built of older materials, altered and added to C19 and C20. Reused dressed stone and brick with blue headers, old plain tile roof. C18 house, 5 bay by 4 bay, built on 3 sides of reused dressed stone from Easton Manor House demolished in the 1780s, the 4th side, originally the rear, being of brick. To one end C19 and C20 service range. Present entrance front facing church, brick, of 2 storeys and attic on cellar, on dressed stone plinth, 5 bay. 2-light casements near each end in basement. In left bay large C18 16-pane sash in stucco architrave, right bay has C19 3-light sash.

Centre right bay has original C18 8-panel door. Now top-glazed moved from other side of house, in late C19 full height gabled porch, glazed on ground floor, tile-hung above, and outshot to left to form open porch over entrance. 1st floor string course. 2 irregular C19 2-light casements to left, and 3-light oriel right, with above C19 mansard gable, but to left original modillioned brick cornice. Garden, originally entrance, front, stone with 2 C19 canted bays, of Bath stone to left and timber french windows to right, 1st floor string and 5 C18 12-pane sashes. Boxed eaves to hipped roof with 2 hipped dormers with 2-light casements. Symmetrical brick stacks to both piles.

Inside front left room on both floors has well carved early C18 pine panelling said to come from the manor house which was once dower house to Avington House (qv) and panelling is very similar to some in Avington.

Listing NGR: SP5343032352

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/1038 IOE Records taken by Alec Howard; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mr Alec Howard. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project