Old Wardour House

DONHEAD ST. ANDREW WARDOUR PARIS ST 92 NW (east side)

4/23 Old Wardour House

GV II

Detached house. C17 and C18. Limestone ashlar, tiled roof with gable end brick stacks and coped verges. Two parallel ranges with former stables attached to south. Two-storey, 5-window south front; sashes. C19 four-panelled door in trellised porch to centre bay of C18 range to right, three 12-pane sashes with keystones to left and one sash to right. First floor has two 12- pane sashes with keystones to left and three 12-pane sashes in recessed chamfered architraves to right, the two left bays are addition of c1800. Attached to right return is lean-to extension with C20 pointed windows, 24-pane fixed window over glazed door, raking buttresses. Left return has bull's-eye to ground floor and round-arched stair window to first floor, attached to left is former stable, converted to part of house in 1968, with six C20 casements and tiled roof. Rear of main house has C20 door, nine- pane sash and blocked chamfered doorway to left, two 2-pane sashes with keystones and 9-pane fixed window to right, first floor has blocked 2-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement, three sashes in recessed chamfered architraves, small 4-pane sash and two sashes to right. East gable of former stable block has large moulded elliptical-headed doorway with keystone and imposts and C20 glazed door, rear of range has four pointed fixed windows and C20 dormers. Interior of house has stairs with barleysugar balusters and wreathed moulded handrails, marble fireplaces. This house is reputed to have been occupied by the Arundells following the destruction of Old Wardour Castle during the Civil War and the building of Wardour Castle (q.v.) 1770-76.

Listing NGR: ST9385926254