Woodbury House

SY 08 NW 2/120

WOODBURY GREENWAY, Woodbury Woodbury House

GV II

Detached house. Built 1781 for Philip Lempriere, Attorney General of Jersey (1758- 69). Brick in Flemish bond; gabled-end slate roof, the gables with heavy coping. Double-depth plan with principal room on either side of central stair hall, secondary rooms at rear, and with 2 rear service ends. Internal end stacks (1 set axially to the left, 2 to the right) with 2 rear wings. 2 storeys. Front: symmetrical 3-window range with parapet; all windows tripartite 4:12:4 pane hornless sash windows except for 1st floor central window which has a single 12- pane horned sash. Central doorway with moulded architrave, and canopy on console brackets; quarter glazed fielded panel door with traceried rectangular fanlight. 3 full dormers, each of 2 lights. Right-hand end with rainwater head, dated 'P.L. 1781'. 2 lower rear wings, both of 2 storeys, that to the right with 4;6;4 pane tripartite sash window, a 12-pane sash, and 2 casement windows. Some later casements to the other wing; axial stack to former, end stack to latter wing. Reference: Ursula W Brighouse, Woodbury, A View from the Beacon (1918) especially p,111

Listing NGR: SY0108587139