Vanbrugh Castle
VANBRUGH CASTLE, MAZE HILL SE3
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1078943
- Date first listed:
- 19-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Vanbrugh Castle
- Statutory Address:
- VANBRUGH CASTLE, MAZE HILL SE3
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1078943
- Date first listed:
- 19-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Vanbrugh Castle
- Statutory Address 1:
- VANBRUGH CASTLE, MAZE HILL SE3
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:
- VANBRUGH CASTLE, MAZE HILL SE3
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Greenwich (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 39308 77620
Details
1. 4412 MAZE HILL SE3 (East Side)
Vanbrugh Castle TQ 597T 27/G89 19.1O.51.
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2. (RAF Boys' School) 1717 with later additions. Built by Sir John Vanbrugh for his own residence. Mainly of stock brick, later additions in plum coloured brick. The original building of 3 storeys and basement with 3 4-storey towers, the central one round, projecting from main west front. Arched corbel table below parapets of walls and towers. Angle towers battlemented. Conical copper roof to middle tower. Stout band at 2nd floor cills. Basement plinth. Gauged, round brick arches and impost blocks to sash windows with glazing bars and Y-bars in heads. Impost bands. from round tower windows. All upper tower windows square headed and blocked. Front round tower windows blocked on ground and lst floor. Recessed, 1-bay sections flanking it. Later square wood Doric porch, with wrought iron handrail to steps, in right tower angle. On North front 2 bays of original building on right and 2-storey, 2-window left extension, with tall, battered central chimney stack. Rear elevation has central round tower in projecting section. Flanking round chimneys in rows. 1-bay side wings of 2 storeys and basement. Projecting bowed late C18 right wing has Venetian window in 1-storey end. Later C18 3-storey, 3-bay East addition. Projecting centre bay has central window and narrow flanking window on each floor, those on 1st and ground floor round headed, giving Venetian effect. Impost bands across centre bay, with gauged brick arches of side windows breaking tlem. Some original glazing, some restored. At South end projecting chimney tower bifurcates to flank 2 round arches. Modern, 2-storey 6-window south wing, built in similar style, projects westward, and another 4-window classroom extension added to this. Interior has few features of interest. 2 stone fireplaces in mediaeval style remain, one with late C17 Dutch tiles. Passages are very narrow, with interrupted segmental vaults. Plain stone newel staircase, some treads renewed. All doors round arched. Partly barrel-vaulted brick cellar. LCC blue plaque "Sir John Vanbrugh Architect and Dramatist designed this house and lived here c.1719-26."
Listing NGR: TQ3930877620
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 200455
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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