Horringford House
HORRINGFORD HOUSE, ARRETON STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1292220
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jul-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Horringford House
- Statutory Address:
- HORRINGFORD HOUSE, ARRETON STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1292220
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jul-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 22-Nov-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Horringford House
- Statutory Address 1:
- HORRINGFORD HOUSE, ARRETON STREET
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:
- HORRINGFORD HOUSE, ARRETON STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Arreton
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ 54421 85361
Details
ARRETON
SZ58NW ARRETON STREET 1353-0/2/24 Horringford House 21/07/51 (Formerly Listed as: SOUTH ARRETON Horringford Manor)
GV II
House. C17 with early C18 Parlour wing built on front, early C18 dairy to rear and minor C19 extension. Parlour wing dated over porch 1718 with the initials W C M and a heart and diamond motif, the initials relating to William and Marsha Cromwell, the former a grandson of Oliver Cromwell. Built of Isle of Wight stone rubble with hipped tiled roof and large brick chimney-stack. L-shaped building. 2 storeys and attics 3 windows to principal front. Two 6-pane dormers 3 sashes, 9-pane on 1st floor and 12-pane on ground floor. Deep plinth. Early C19 porch with clustered columns of lotus type, projecting cornice with frieze of intersecting arches, panelled reveals and 6 panelled door. C17 south wing has gable end with kneelers, one C19 3-light casement and second blocked in openings. Gable has C17 stone mullioned window and built on mid C19 stuccoed and tiled lean-to with slate roof. Outshut on right hand side to rear of C17 wing, an early C18 dairy to right hand side of stone patched with brick in random bonding pattern and stone end quoins. Ventilation panel above ground floor windows. Interior south wing has large brick fireplace with wooden surround, chamfered beam with run out stops and winder staircase. Parlour wing has chamfered spine beams, 6 fielded panelled doors and curved staircase of early C19 type with stick balusters, curved handrail, curved tread ends and reeded band. No trace of an early C18 staircase said to have been brought here from Knighton Gorges when the house was demolished in 1820. Both staircases appear integral to the house. A manorial site first mentioned in 1235. (The Manor Houses of the Isle of Wight: C.W.R. Winter: 188; V.C.H.: 143).
Listing NGR: SZ5442085366
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 392630
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, The Victoria History of the County of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, (1912), 143
Winter, CWR, The Manor Houses of the Isle of Wight, (1985), 188
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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