Reference
Z449/1/2
Title
Sale catalogue of Harlington Manor
Date free text
1984
Production date
From: 1984 To: 1984
Scope and Content
Sale catalogue of Harlington Manor
- agent: Knight Frank & Rutley of 20 Hanover Square, London;
- description: "This interesting manor house is Grade II listed as being of historical and architectural interest. The majority of the building is 16th century with later additions by Professor Richardson. In the early 17th century the house was lived in by Lewis Burwell who emigrated to American in 1640 and later became Governor of Virginia. Charles II is said to have slept in the King's Room, and John Bunyan after his arrest in 1660 appeared before the magistrate in the Drawing Room of Harlington Manor. Edmund Wingate, the mathematician and tutor of Henrietta Maria in Paris resided here during the Protectorate. The house is mentioned in Joyce Godber's "History of Bedfordshire" and in several other historical and architectural accounts of Bedfordshire, and in the Readers Digest "Treasures of Britain". The house is constructed of rendered and white painted elevations under a tiled roof with leaded light windows. Some of the elevations are covered in wisteria and other well established climbing creepers. The interior include fine oak and pine panelling with attractive open period fireplaces. the present vendors have recently carried out many improvements to the property including re-roofing (with the exception of the new wing) re-wiring, and timber treatment which is under guarantee. the property is approached through brick pillared wrought iron gates leading to a gravelled courtyard with stable area off and there is another gateway and a York stone paved path leading to a terrace at the front of the house on the west side";
- photographs [colour]: exterior; interior of drawing room; interior of dining room;
- layout: ground floor: entrance hall and cloakroom; W drawing room (22 feet 3 inches by 18 feet 10 inches); N and E morning room (18 feet 8 inches by 15 feet); lobby to garden terrace; N and W study (19 feet 4 inches by 12 feet 8 inches) added by Sir Albert Richardson in 1936; E dining room (22 feet 11 inches by 17 feet); hall to domestic quarters; S and E breakfast room (14 feet 3 inches by 13 feet 2 inches); S kitchen (13 feet by 10 feet); inner hall; china room; cellar; S office (11 feet 6 inches by 9 feet 8 inches); walk-in larder; old farmhouse kitchen (17 feet 7 inches by 16 feet 9 inches); laundry room (16 feet by 7 feet 8 inches);
- layout first floor: landing; King's bedroom (17 feet 3 inches by 16 feet 7 inches); six other bedrooms; two dressing rooms; three bathrooms; sewing room/nursery (13 feet 6 inches by 5 feet 6 inches);
- layout: second floor: 17 feet by 14 feet attic and stairs to loft;
- outbuildings: fuel store; workshop; range of five stores; sheltered play area; coach house with double garage, harness room, two stalls and two loose boxes with a loft over; garage;
- grounds: stone terrace around house; swimming pool (30 feet by 15 feet); garden house with swimming pool filtration and gas heating); rose garden;
- separate lot comprising half an acre of building land
- no plan;
- no site layout plan;
- site location plan;
- no price
- see also Z449/1/14 for sale of 1995
Level of description
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