Turvey Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1952. Country house.
Turvey Abbey
- WRENN ID
- far-pewter-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1952
- Type
- Country house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TURVEY BEDFORD ROAD SP 9452-9552 (S. Side)
29/585 Turvey Abbey 7.5.1952 GV II
Early C17 irregularly planned small country house possibly incorporating earlier building. Coursed limestone rubble with gabled old clay tile roof. Two storeys and attics. A small number of original leaded casements survive. Most of the windows belong to the C19 remodelling of the house and are sashes with glazing bars. In the early C19 the moulded parapet, finials and classical porch of early C17 date were brought from Easton Maudit in Northamptonshire and used on the main front. Also from Easton Maudit are the two double-transomed windows to the garden elevation. The interior of the house was also extensively remodelled in C19. In the ballroom there is the remains of an early stone fireplace but the timber ceiling with carved flower bosses and the sculpted figures on the walls are C19. Even the Jacobean-style staircase is mainly reproduction.
Listing NGR: SP9461952384
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