Building record 1110900000 - TURWESTON HOUSE

Summary

Eighteenth century country house known as Turweston House.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II*) 1212658: TURWESTON HOUSE (DBC3969)

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Type and Period (1)

  • COUNTRY HOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Grade II+. Early C18 small country house. Ashlar. Slate roof; stone stacks with separate square shafts linked by moulded cornice. 2 storeys and attic, with first floor string, chamfered quoins and small coved stone cornice. Barred sash windows. West front has 7 bays, the centre 3 slightly projecting with pediment containing round window; central glazed door in architrave, stone cornice with key block on console brackets; one dormer window on each side of pediment; lead pipes and rainwater heads decorated with swags flank central projection. South front has 4 bays with one central dormer and conservatory in LH bay. North front has 4 bays with 2 shouldered architrave doorways with key blocks on consoles in central bays, RH one is blind; 2 RH bays blind and handed. To left of N. front is a 4 bay rendered range of 2 storeys with first floor string course and 3 cambered arched openings on ground floor. Similar sashes to 4th bay and first floor. Interior: early C18 staircase with turned balusters and closed string (B1).


(SP60003775) Turweston House [NAT] (B3).
Turweston House is a two-storeyed country house, with an attic, built early in the C18th. It is built of ashlar under a slate roof. Grade II*(B1 and B4)

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC3681 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p49.
  • <2>SBC19002 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review.
  • <3>SBC29525 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1978. OS 1:2500 1978.
  • <4>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p270.
  • <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 60002 37752 (point)
Civil Parish TURWESTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 24 2026 11:08AM

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