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SO 86 SE WESTWOOD CP WESTWOOD PARK 4/242 Falcon Tower about
35 yards north-west of
- Westwood House
14.3.69
GV I
Garden pavilion, now house. 1660-70 for Sir John Pakington as part of
the major alterations to his grandfather's hunting lodge, Westwood House (qv)
to convert it into the main family home; restored by Sir Reginald Blomfield
early C20 and altered mid-C20. Red brick in English bond with sandstone
ashlar dressings; untouched by classicism apart from fishscale-tiled two-
stage ogee cupola with cut finial. Square plan; three storeys on chamfered
plinth with moulded eaves cornice; stone mullioned and transomed windows to
first floor and 2-light mullioned windows to second floor. Main south
entrance has a studded door and 2-light mullioned window to right; east
elevation has inserted double doors, and the west elevation has a C20
hipped roof, single storey extension and the first floor window is blocked.
Upper north-east corners each have bartizan stone chimneys with octagonal
shafts. There were originally four garden pavilions linked to the main
house and the gate house (qv) by a series of low walls, forming a dramatic
composition as shown by Kip's illustration of c1698. The two westernmost
pavilions and all the enclosures were removed during the C18.
(CL, xii, 689; Lxiv, 50, 94; Lxiii, 1689; cxxxiv, 738; VCH III (i); BoE).
Listing NGR: SO8761263989
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Sources
Books and journals Doubleday, AH, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Worcester, (1913) Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, (1968) 'Country Life' in Country Life, , Vol. 12, (), 689 'Country Life' in Country Life, , Vol. 12, (), 50.94 'Country Life' in Country Life, , Vol. 12, (), 1689 'Country Life' in Country Life, , Vol. 12, (), 738Other Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 20 Hereford and Worcester,
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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