Danbury Palace is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Mansion. 2 related planning applications.
Danbury Palace
- WRENN ID
- eastward-span-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Mansion
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Danbury Palace is an early 19th-century red brick mansion built in 1832. It occupies the site of an earlier Mildmay mansion dating from 1589. The design is attributed to Susan Costantia Round, wife of the owner, and Thomas Hopper. From 1845 to 1890, the palace served as the residence for the Bishops of Rochester and later of St Albans. It is currently owned by Essex County Council. The main block is two storeys high, with some parts rising to three and four storeys. Windows are generally mullioned and transomed casements. A prominent two-storey entrance bay projects on the west side, featuring an ornamental open parapet and corner turrets. The south side has a castellated parapet, with an octagonal corner turret on the north-east corner. A chapel with traceried windows was added to the south end by Bishop Wigram between 1860 and 1867.
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