SHILLINGLEE COURT AND NUMBERS 1, 2 AND 3 SHILLINGLEE HOUSE
NUMBERS 1. 2 AND 3 SHILLINGLEE HOUSE, SHILLINGLEE ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1226667
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- SHILLINGLEE COURT AND NUMBERS 1, 2 AND 3 SHILLINGLEE HOUSE
- Statutory Address:
- NUMBERS 1. 2 AND 3 SHILLINGLEE HOUSE, SHILLINGLEE ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 1999-08-18
- Reference:
- IOE01/00250/32
- Rights:
- © Mr Tim Nichols. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1226667
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- SHILLINGLEE COURT AND NUMBERS 1, 2 AND 3 SHILLINGLEE HOUSE
- Statutory Address 1:
- NUMBERS 1. 2 AND 3 SHILLINGLEE HOUSE, SHILLINGLEE ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- SHILLINGLEE COURT, SHILLINGLEE ROAD
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:
- NUMBERS 1. 2 AND 3 SHILLINGLEE HOUSE, SHILLINGLEE ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- SHILLINGLEE COURT, SHILLINGLEE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- West Sussex
- District:
- Chichester (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Plaistow
- National Grid Reference:
- SU9684232503
Details
SU 93 SE
427/2/565
22.02.1955
PLAISTOW
SHILLINGLEE ROAD
Shillinglee Court and Numbers 1, 2 and 3 Shillinglee House
GV
II*
Country house, now house and three flats. 1735 and 1770s; gutted by fire 1943; restored and converted 1976-7. T-shaped plan. North wing (now Shillinglee Court): 1735 for Edward Turnour by Thomas Steel, "Carpenter", of Chichester. Two storeys, originally with attic; seven bays. Red brick. Ashlar plinth, cill band, plat band, modillion cornice, pediment, rusticated quoins and tripartite keystones and springers to windows. Brick parapet, formerly taller and with blind attic windows, reduced in height 1976-7. Concealed roof. Symmetrical composition, the 3 central bays projecting under pediment which contains a rusticated semi-circular panel with the initials E.T. and date 1735. Central doorway with rusticated pilasters, tripartite keystone, segmental pediment and part-glazed door. Windows have 12-pane sashes, flat brick arches, brick apron panels on 1st floor and the central 1st-floor window has a segmental arch and console keystone. South wing (now nos 1, 2 and 3 Shillinglee House): added 1770s for Edward Turnour Garth, first Earl of Winterton. Two storeys, 7 bays. Red brick in Flemish bond with ashlar plinth, cill band, platt band, modillion cornice and blocking course, pediment and architraves. Hipped slate roof. Symmetrical composition, the central 3 bays projecting under pediment containing a round window encircled by a stone wreath. Venetian window in centre of 1st floor has iron railing and modillion brackets. Doorway below with engaged columns, side-lights flanked by pilasters and pediment, the whole approached by 5 wide steps with iron handrail. Other windows have 12-pane sashes and moulded architraves, those on ground floor with alternately segmental or triangular pediments. Graffiti to right of entrance: L(ad)y Lydia 1788. Interior: no 1 Shillinglee House retains fine late-C18 marble fireplace with engaged columns, central relief panel depicting Hercules with Virtue and Vice, rococo scrollwork to frieze and dentil cornice. Relief panel above, partly restored, has classical figures in modillion encircled by vine and with urns and scrollwork below. Two re-used original panelled double doors. There are records of alterations to Shillinglee House (probably the addition of the south wing) in 1771 and 1772, and an C18 downpipe on the south wing bore the date 1776 (Country Life, p146). Photographs showing the condition of the building at the time of the 1996-7 restoration are held by the owners of no 1, Shillinglee House. "Shillinglee Park", Country Life, 8 August 1936, pp 142 -147.
Listing NGR: SU9684232503
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 424069
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Country Life in 8 August, (1936), 142-147
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 04-Jun-2026 at 02:51:25.
Download a full scale map (PDF)© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2026. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.
End of official list entry