Lyngford House

ST22NW CHEDDON FITZPAINE CP LYNGFORD LANE (East Sidel

5/53 Lyngford House

GV II

House, now conference centre for Somerset Area Health Authority. Circa 1830, altered mid C20. Red sandstone random rubble, South front canted bay of brick, originally rendered, Bath stone dressings and ashlar fronted canted entrance bay, string course, slate roof concealed behind parapet. Plan: central octagonal stairwell hall, asymmetrical South front with full height canted bay, West front canted bay entrance flanked by diagonally set stair turrets, service wing to North. Tudor Gothick style. Two storeys plus attic, all Tudor arch headed openings, Gothick tracery sash windows; West front 3 storey parapeted turrets set diagonally to full height canted entrance bay, 12-pane sash window first floor, ground floor window opening right blocked, left 15-pane sash window with single storey 2 bay service block beyond, entrance 3 bay arcade, central-panelled double doors, coat of arms first floor centre presumed to be that of John Roy Allen. Asymmetrical South front, 1:3 bays, 9-pane sash windows first floor, ground floor two 15-pane sash windows. other altered; East front 5 bays, mainly original fenestration. Interior: octagonal central stair case hall with cantilevered stair and Tudor arch headed recesses, otherwise not of special interest. The first recorded occupant John Roy Allen married 1831 Miss Watson of Bath and the house was probably built for them. Their grandson Capt. Allen occupied the house 1908 when photographs show it without render. (T Escott, Somerset Historical and Descriptive, 1908).

Listing NGR: ST2352426880