Knepp Castle and Stables Adjoining to North West

KNEPP CASTLE AND STABLES ADJOINING TO NORTH WEST, CASTLE LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1354214
Date first listed:
22-Sept-1959
Statutory Address:
KNEPP CASTLE AND STABLES ADJOINING TO NORTH WEST, CASTLE LANE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1354214
Date first listed:
22-Sept-1959
Statutory Address 1:
KNEPP CASTLE AND STABLES ADJOINING TO NORTH WEST, CASTLE LANE

Location

Statutory Address:
KNEPP CASTLE AND STABLES ADJOINING TO NORTH WEST, CASTLE LANE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
West Sussex
District:
Horsham (District Authority)
Parish:
Shipley
National Grid Reference:
TQ 15642 21717

Details

SHIPLEY CASTLE LANE (off) 1. 5404 Knepp Castle and stables adjoining to north-west TQ 12 SE 16/495 22.9.59.

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2. Castellated Gothic mansion built by Sir Charles Merrick Burrell between 1800 and 1813. Architect John Nash, Clerk of the Works Alexander Kyffin. L-shaped plan. Two storeys and attic. Eleven windows. Faced with Roman cement. Tiled roof. Square-headed sash windows with obtusely pointed panes, glazing bars and dripstones over. Large round tower containing the staircase in centre of north-east front. South-west front has a series of machicolated turrets. Stone porch in centre. Later addition after 1830 at north-west end. Beyond this is the stable court-yard of which the inner facade is faced with red brick and grey headers and has a castellated parapet. The south side consists of 2 blocks of 2 windows and 4 windows respectively with gate-post between them surmounted by eagles.

Listing NGR: TQ1564221717

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Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 44 West Sussex,

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