Stetchworth House

TL 65 NW STETCHWORTH STETCHWORTH PARK

6/166 Stetchworth House

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Small country house. Built by Richard Eaton, c.1786, altered 1870. Stuccoed brick, slated roofs. Three storeys with basements, symmetrical double pile plan. Parapet shaped to side stacks and pedimented to north-east elevation. Deep moulded cornice, band at first floor and plinth. Five 'bays', central three 'bays' slightly project. Five second floor and first floor recessed twelve-paned hung sash windows. Four eighteen-paned hung sash windows at ground floor. Original doorway and first floor window in shallow round arched recess, partly masked by large late C19 closed porch with corner pilasters and entablature surmounted by urns. Three, panelled double doors, half- glazed entrance doors. Low wings with balustraded parapet to right and left hand, rebuilt from original service wing and conservatory. Interior (not seen 1983) has geometric planned open string staircase, six panelled doors with moulded architraves and over doors with enriched friezes and cornices. C18 panelling to ground floor rooms. Drawing room chimney piece white panelled, dining room chimney piece Ionic grey marble. Stable block and house alterations attributed to Sir Roger Palmer. RCHM (Cambs notes) 1953. VCH, Vol. VI, p174.

Listing NGR: TL6416859092