Ickworth House
ICKWORTH HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1205300
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jul-1955
- Statutory Address:
- ICKWORTH HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1205300
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jul-1955
- Statutory Address 1:
- ICKWORTH HOUSE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ICKWORTH HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- West Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ickworth
- National Grid Reference:
- TL8158161332
Details
TL 86 SW
2/96
14.7.55
ICKWORTH
Ickworth House
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Large country mansion, begun 1795 by Francis Sandys after designs by Mario
Asprucci, for Frederick 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, who died 1803
before completion of house. Work completed 1821-1829 for Frederick William
Hervey, 5th Earl and 1st Marquis of Bristol. Stuccoed brick; slated and leaded
roofs. Central rotunda 105 ft. high with domed and balustraded top; central
entrance portico of 4 Ionic columns, 2 storeys high, supporting pediment.
Rotunda encircled by lower order of Ionic pilasters and upper order of
Corinthian pilasters through 2 storeys; 2 giant bas-relief friezes by the
Carabelli brothers after Flaxman's illustrations of Horner. Segmental 1-storey
corridors on both flanks, linking with East and West wings 2 storeys high, each
with central pediment on 4 Ionic columns, 2 storeys high. The total frontage
is 625ft. Interior fittings mainly complete by 1830, including fine marble
fireplace in Library, Scagliola columns in Library and Entrance Hall, and coved
ceilings in corridors. The Pompeian Room decorated by J.D. Crace in 1879.
Remodelling of main staircase in rotunda and of East wing by Reginald
Blomfield, 1909. Now owned by the National Trust; for illustrations and
description, see their Official Guide.
Listing NGR: TL8158161332
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 363171
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Ickworth House, ()
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 39 Suffolk,
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