Idlicote House

IDLICOTE SP2844 8/157 Idlicote House 13/10/66

GV II

Country house. 3 builds. Early/mid C18 incorporating earlier core. Alterations in 1863, restoration in 1895, interior remodelling C20. Regular coursed squared limestone, ashlar limestone, stuccoed brick. Hipped slate roofs. Brick ridge and end stacks, some rendered. Garden front: 6:3:2 bays. Low 6-window range to left, of 2 storeys, has sashes with glazing bars and a 2-storey bay window with stone cased sashes with keyblocks, flat bands, parapet and moulded wood eaves cornice. Central 3-storey block has single-storey bays with stone-cased sashes with keyblocks, glazing bars and balustrades with ball finials. 3-light sashes and small sashes to upper floors. Central bay of 3 storeys with entrance. Stone cased openings with keyblocks. Panelled parapet. Right part of 2 storeys. 2 French windows. First floor has 2 large-paned sashes. Entrance front: centre block of 3 storeys and 3 bays, central advanced bay. Pedimented entrance bay has Tuscan doorcase with balustraded balcony to 3-light first floor window. Diocletian window to attic floor. Stone cased windows with keyblocks to sides. Flat bands. Parapet. Ironwork open sided verandah to right. Interior: cellar has 4-centred arched stone doorway with stop-chamfered jambs. Pine panelling and shutters in central block. Waterloo Room has C19 classical style pedimented doorcases. C20 staircase. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire, 1949, p.95).

Listing NGR: SP2819844175