Ruins of Houghton House, Houghton Park
RUINS OF HOUGHTON HOUSE, HOUGHTON PARK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1321465
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Ruins of Houghton House, Houghton Park
- Statutory Address:
- RUINS OF HOUGHTON HOUSE, HOUGHTON PARK
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- Date:
- 2001-06-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/10116/33
- Rights:
- © Mr Keith Hurst. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1321465
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Ruins of Houghton House, Houghton Park
- Statutory Address 1:
- RUINS OF HOUGHTON HOUSE, HOUGHTON PARK
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:
- RUINS OF HOUGHTON HOUSE, HOUGHTON PARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ampthill
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 03922 39484
Details
1. 774 Ruins of Houghton House, Houghton Park
TL 03 NW 3/1
I
2. Ruins of the great house built by John Thorpe in 1615, with alterations by Inigo Jones of circa 1620 Subsequent work by Wren and Chambers was dispersed in the neighbourhood, when the house was dismantled in 1794. Oak staircase now in Swan Hotel, Bedford. Under the control of the DOE. See VCH, pages 289-290.
Listing NGR: TL0392239484
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 37310
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Bedford, (1904), 289-290
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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