Sheffield Park House
SHEFFIELD PARK HOUSE, SHEFFIELD PARK
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1028395
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Sheffield Park House
- Statutory Address:
- SHEFFIELD PARK HOUSE, SHEFFIELD PARK
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1028395
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Sheffield Park House
- Statutory Address 1:
- SHEFFIELD PARK HOUSE, SHEFFIELD PARK
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SHEFFIELD PARK HOUSE, SHEFFIELD PARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- East Sussex
- District:
- Wealden (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Fletching
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 41355 24138
Details
FLETCHING SHEFFIELD PARK 1. 5208 Sheffield Park House TQ 42 SW 25/784 26.11.53 1 2. The house contains a few rooms with early C18 panelling. But the main portion dates from about 1779 and was built by the first Lord Sheffield. Architect James Wyatt. The house was Wyatt's earliest Gothic house but the entrance front is a symmetrical classical conception. Two storeys. Seven windows. Ashlar. Cornice and battlemented parapet. The outer window bays are flanked by pilasters, between which the cornice is carried up to form a pointed arch with a stepped gable above containing an attic window and surmounted by 3 pinnacled finials. Sash windows with dripstones over and glazing bars intact. Central porch added in 1912. Service wing added to the west in 1912. The east front has a large pointed Gothic window, of which part only could originally be seen internally. Of the interior, the hall and staircase are Gothic, the remainder classical. The Prince's room upstairs is decorated with paintings of animals by Charles Cotton the elder, RA.
Listing NGR: TQ4135524138
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 296022
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 14 East Sussex,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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