Ruins Of Houghton House, Houghton Park is a Grade I listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1972. A {1615,"circa 1620"} Ruins.

Ruins Of Houghton House, Houghton Park

WRENN ID
distant-lancet-snow
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1972
Type
Ruins
Source
Historic England listing

Description

  1. 774 Ruins of Houghton House, Houghton Park

TL 03 NW 3/1

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  1. 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

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