Levylsdene House
LEVYLSDENE HOUSE, LEVYLSDENE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1188066
- Date first listed:
- 01-May-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Levylsdene House
- Statutory Address:
- LEVYLSDENE HOUSE, LEVYLSDENE
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- Date:
- 2001-12-07
- Reference:
- IOE01/06191/01
- Rights:
- © Mr Keith Morris. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1188066
- Date first listed:
- 01-May-1953
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Levylsdene House
- Statutory Address 1:
- LEVYLSDENE HOUSE, LEVYLSDENE
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:
- LEVYLSDENE HOUSE, LEVYLSDENE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Surrey
- District:
- Guildford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 02571 50137
Details
TQ 05SW GUILDFORD LEVYLSDENE Merrow
2/128 Levylsdene House 1/5/53 (Formerly listed under Epsom Road)
II
House, remains of larger mansion. Mid-late C16 with C17 and C18 alterations, C20 extensions to left. Timber framed core, now clad to right in knapped flint rubble with brick quoins and dressings, brick clad to left. Plain tiled roofs, hipped to left. Remaining house of L-shaped plan. Two storeys and attic with plat band over ground floor and brick cornice over first floor. Offset stack to left, further front end stack to right. Bonnet hip roof over. Half-dormer casement window to left. Brick and wood corbelled eaves cornice to right. Two angled-head early C18 glazing-bar sashes to first floor left with upper glazing-bars radiating. Two similar headed windows to ground floor but with diamond-pane leaded glazing. All windows under gauged-brick heads. Blocked window to centre of first floor with decorative cross-shaped panel in knapped flint. Central double doors to ground floor, glazed under cambered-head and flat hood on brackets. One mullioned cross window to first floor right under gauged-brick and keystoned head. Pent-roofed ground floor with diamond-pane window and glazed door. C20 brick extension projecting to left end not of special interest. Right hand return front:- gable- lit attic with two second floor diamond-pane windows and one first floor window breaking into plat band. Rear:- rebuilt in C20 brick and tile hanging. Interior:- Ground floor sitting room has panelling of varying dates with some C20 sections. Overmantle contains portrait head panels of C16 style. First floor room has C17 panelling, possibly taken from Old Clandon House. soak staircase also possibly came from Clandon House with open strapwork decorated panels, spherical finials and pendants to newels. In the C18 the house was occupied by Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons and in 1757-9 the house was leased by Admiral Boscawen whilst his house was constructed nearby at Hatchlands.
PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) p.359.
Listing NGR: TQ0257150137
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 288994
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Nairn, I Rev. by Cherry, The Buildings of England: Surrey, (1971), 359
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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