Building record 0154003000 - PIGEON TOWER, BULSTRODE PARK
Summary
Nineteenth century gatehouse, built 1805 in Gothick style, later used as a garden building.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1124422: PIGEON TOWER AT BULSTRODE PARK
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Type and Period (2)
- GATEHOUSE (Built 1805, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- GARDEN BUILDING (19th Century - 1861 AD? to 1899 AD?)
Description
Grade II. 1805, by James Wyatt for the 3rd Duke of Portland. Red brick and in a Gothick taste. Two storeys. Tall arches in each side. Polygonal corner towers and battlemented. Mullioned and transomed windows with drip moulds (B6).
To the w of the house the handsome Pigeon House of 1805 by Wyatt, designed as a gateway to the C17 house but sadly demoted to a garden building by Ferrey's reorientation of the house. It is of brick, two-storeyed with tall open arches, polygonal corner towers, battlements and a Perp[endicular] window. It looks convincingly Tudor. Between it and the house the remains of a Victorian garden (B11).
Sources (2)
- <6>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p147.
- <11>SBC19664 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner & Elizabeth Williamson. 1994. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p204.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 98518 88324 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GERRARDS CROSS, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13597)
Record last edited
Jan 17 2019 4:06PM
