Terraces To South, West And North Of Nuneham House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Terraces.

Terraces To South, West And North Of Nuneham House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1986
Type
Terraces
Source
Historic England listing

Description

NUNEHAM COURTENAY NUNEHAN PARK SU5498 12/79 Terraces to S, W and N of Nuneham House

GV II

Terraces. 1832 by William Sawrey Gilpin for Archbishop Harcourt. Limestone ashlar with squared coursed rubble walling. The terrace walls extend round 3 sides of the main block of Nuneham House (q.v.) with a double-tier terrace in front of Smirke's south wing. The balustrades run between square ashlar piers capped with stone balls, urns and baskets of fruit, and are broken by flights of stone steps. The terraces formerly extended further to the west. Included for group value. (Nuneham Park is included in the HBMC County Register of Gardens at Grade I; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.730).

Listing NGR: SU5403198059

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