Stonhill

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SP92SW 720/9/10006

Leighton Buzzard BILLINGTON ROAD Stonhill

II House. 1902. By E. Turner Powell for Miss M.A. Bassett. Whitewashed roughcast with plain-tile gabled, hipped and half-hipped roof. Various side-ridge and lateral stacks with moulded tops. Vernacular Revival style with leaded casements in wooden frames. Two storeys. Projecting gable with tile hanging has pentice roof over first floor six-light window above projecting square bay with mullion and transom window and pentice roof. Part-glazed door to right. The service wing further to right has various casements, some with shutters and two four-light dormers over. Entrance to far left within open corner supported on wooden arches. Panel of pargetting above. On left end further casements. Facade to rear has similar projecting gable with four-light over two two-light casements with shutters. Dormer on catslide to right. Service wing set-back to left has prominent lateral stack and four-light casement over later porch on its end.

Little altered interior has dining room and drawing room both with wide inglenook fireplaces. A carefully judged and picturesque design for a patron who had a life-long interest in running handicraft classes for disabled people.

Listing NGR: SP9264424339