Purton House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1986. House. 8 related planning applications.
Purton House
- WRENN ID
- turning-keystone-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1986
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Purton House is a house dating from circa 1840. It is stucco-faced with a slate roof and stands within its own grounds. The main block is two storeys high and features three bays by one. A central double-panelled door is set within an Ionic portico in antis. The central bay is slightly projected forward. The windows are twelve-pane and fifteen-pane sashes, with moulded architraves and bracketed cornices. A top cornice and parapet finish the facade.
The building extends to the left by three bays, set well back and with a hipped slate roof behind a parapet. At the rear are extensive service buildings arranged around a yard. The original entrance was located to the east.
The house was owned by Rajah Brooke of Sarawak between 1870 and circa 1873.
Detailed Attributes
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