Islip House, And Attached Flight Of Steps, Gatepiers And Walls

SP9878, SP9978 15/39, 16/39 23/05/67

ISLIP CHAPEL HILL (North side) Islip House, and attached flight of steps, gatepiers and walls

(Formerly listed as Guest House, with iron work and terrace garden walls)

GV II

Shown on Ordnance Survey map as No.15. Country house. Mid/late C18. Squared coursed limestone with stuccoed facades and Collyweston and Welsh slate roofs. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys with attic and basement. Main front to garden of 7-window range. Central part-glazed door has moulded wood surround and fanlight with glazing bars. Sash windows with glazing bars. Hipped roof behind plain parapet and 3 flat-topped dormers. Brick and stone stacks at ridge. 2-window-range extension to right, remodelled C20. Entrance front to left of main front is a 5-window range, similar to main front, but with plain sash windows at ground floor. Central panelled double doors have fanlight with glazing bars. Flight of steps with wrought-iron handrail forms a bridge over a basement level walkway. C19 brick extensions to rear. Garden front has attached brick walls to left and right, each pierced with a C20 iron gate with C18 ashlar gatepiers. Interior: staircase to entrance front is probably C18 with turned balusters. Main staircase to garden front has stick balustrade probably altered C20.

Listing NGR: SP9895578693