Godolphin House is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1950. House. 2 related planning applications.
Godolphin House
- WRENN ID
- buried-hall-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1950
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Godolphin House is an early 18th-century building, dated 1722 on the drainpipe head, and served as a boys' house for Eton College, being one of the first constructed for this purpose. The house is made of red and grey brick and features four storeys with attics, including seven double-hung sash windows set in surrounds with cambered relieving arches.
A late 18th-century porch, located on the left side of the front, has a one-window section and a fourth storey. This porch is designed in the Adam style and is enclosed, featuring a six-panel door with two flush panels and a decorative traceried fanlight above. It is flanked by three-quarter columns with narrow side windows and corner pilasters. The capitals of the columns and pilasters are uniquely adorned with acanthus leaves, rams' heads, and possibly buttercups. The porch also includes a frieze with paterae, a modillion cornice, and a pediment, topped with a parapet. The roof is a machine-tiled mansard style with dormers.
To the right, there is a modern two-storey, one-window addition. The garden front, built in the early 19th century, is made of yellow brick and features a canopied bow. Inside, the hall has half-columns similar to those on the porch. The fireplace in the west bedroom on the first floor has a white marble surround with carved pilasters featuring grotesques and a frieze with carving in basso rilievo.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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