Tetworth Hall At End Of Lane From Dove Road To Tetworth Hall

TL 25 SW TETWORTH

8/96 (17/2) Tetworth Hall 24.10.51 at end of lane from Dove Road to Tetworth

• II*

Fine country house built 1710 by John Pedley, MP, for Huntingdonshire from 1706-08. Dated and inscribed on brick to west of doorway in north wall. Later, lower additions to east and west. Red brick with limestone dressings to south front. Parapetted, hipped roof of plain tiles, leaded, and two original ridge stacks of red brick with moulded limestone capping. Two storeys and attics. Three dormers. Symmetrically designed south front of five bays framed by giant, rusticated pilasters and band between storeys and at eaves height. Flat, gauged brick arches with stone key blocks to later flush, wood frame hung sashes, the one at ground floor to the west is blind, and stone sills. Three steps up to central doorway. Doorcase of engaged Corinthian columns with entablature and broken segmental pediment. In the tympanum there is a cartouche with a shield of arms. The north front is also of five bays and has a basement as well as two storeys and an attic. The parapetted, two storey bay to the west and the service wings to the east were added at the end of the C18. The neo-Georgian loggia was built in 1961 and is by Marshall Sisson. There are three original rainwatr heads to east and west gable ends. Interior. The house is of double pile plan and the interior details are substantially unchanged from the early C18. Nearly all the ground and first floor rooms retain the original panelling and doors. The hall has a fluted Corinthian screen at the west end and a floor of limestone slabs set diagonally. The main staircase is of three flights with a landing. It is open string with three twisted balusters, some renewed, to each tread. The back staircase is of four flights, closed string, turned balusters and square newels. At the first floor there is a small lobby to twin doorways to two rooms on the north side. The lobby is semi-domed and has a palm leaf vignette. RCHM (West Cambs) (Gamlingay) mon. (42). Pevsner: Buildings of England, p350.

Listing NGR: TL2176353054