Twyford Moors is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Country house. 6 related planning applications.
Twyford Moors
- WRENN ID
- mired-tracery-laurel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Country house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-sized country house built between 1851 and 1861 by H Woodyer for Captain Corbet-Shipley. It is constructed of flint with brick and stone dressings, and has old plain tile roofs. The house is double-pile and two storeys high, with a seven-window front. A service courtyard extends from the right end of the house, enclosed by two walls running to the corners of attached servants' cottages.
The main front features a projecting crosswing on the left end, with a stone inscription band at the first-floor level and a three-light trefoiled window with a transom. Above this is a stone crest and a hood mould. A staircase tower is adjacent to the crosswing, with a tall, first-floor, two-light cinquefoiled window with a transom. The tower's upper stage is clad in close studded timber framing, with each stud supported on a corbel, and features four pointed lights on each side, all under a hipped roof. To the right of the tower is a single-storey gabled timber porch, with a pointed doorway and a five-light square-headed window with a transom above. A moulded brick string course steps up to the right, above a three-light trefoiled window with a transom and a two-light window contained within a gabled dormer with carved bargeboards. An external stack is located on the front wall to the right of this, followed by similar windows, and a stepped buttress with a stack above, set on the edge of the roof. A wide gabled bay is positioned to the far right, with two three-light and two two-light windows. The rightmost bay is slightly projecting, with an angled corner on the first floor, featuring a single-light window and a two-light window to its right.
The interior remains largely unaltered, aside from redecoration. A full-height hall is situated behind the tower, porch, and windows on the right side. This hall contains an ornate, carved Gothic staircase and gallery. To the right of the hall is a dining room with a convex hooded stone fireplace and armorial stained glass. The right crosswing accommodates a large drawing room with ornate fireplace and fittings, while behind the hall is a study with a Gothic carved oak fireplace, built-in collection cases, shelves, and a desk.
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