FRIAR PARK
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1046980
Date first listed: 28-Oct-1974
Statutory Address: FRIAR PARK, GRAVEL HILL
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Location
Statutory Address: FRIAR PARK, GRAVEL HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Oxfordshire
District: South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
Parish: Henley-on-Thames
National Grid Reference: SU 75346 82913
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
1. GRAVEL HILL
5355 (North Side)
Friar Park
SU 7582 3/224
II GV
2.
1889. Architect M. Clarke Edwards. A large house of irregular plan,
built of brick with stone dressings in the Flamboyant Gothic style. 2
storeys, mullion and transom windows, gables and elaborate chimneys.
The entrance facade has a 2 storeyed porch, behind this is a large traceried
window and an octagonal lantern. The range to the right of the porch
has an elaborate sundial set into the wall and ends in an octagonal turret.
To the left of the porch is a 2 storeyed bow window with a curved gable
above. The garden front has numerous bay windows and is dominated by
a large square tower that rises to a pyramidal roof. There is much elaborately
carved, stone detailing. Interior. Said to contain much detailing including
some fine wood carving which was executed by the School of Art from the
designs of Mr Carr. Gardens Said to have taken 20 years to lay out the
grounds. Includes many contructed features, such as grottos caves etc.
The buildings of the Friar Park estate form a group. In adittion, the
lower lodge, entrance walls, gates and piers form a group with Ancastle
Cottage opposite.
Listing NGR: SU7534682913
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 246138
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 34 Oxfordshire
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing