Building record 4771/2/12 - Real Tennis Court at Easton Neston House
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{1} Real Tennis Court. 1887 on earlier foundations. Red brick with limestone dressings, slate roof. Adjacent to wing attached to Easton Neston house (q.v.) and lying between wing and kitchen garden on west boundary of formal garden. The court has blank wall to ground floor, a timber balcony at first floor level of garden front and row of wood mullion and transom windows above with flat-arched brick lintels and flanked by fluted Ionic pilasters bearing sections of entablature. Moulded stone cornice and plain stone-coped parapet. Penthouses and tambour removed. Included for group value. (Lord Aberdare, Tennis and Rackets, 1980, p221)
<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 12/64 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.
<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F10 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SNN102353 Digital archive: Clews Architects. 1980s. Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire. h:heritage\smr\historic buildings database. historic.mdb. Clews Architects. 12/64 (checked).
- <2> SNN45262 Catalogue: List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"). South Northants.District. Dept. of Environment. F10 (unchecked).
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 70178 49324 (22m by 37m) Central |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | EASTON NESTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District) |
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Record last edited
May 25 2011 11:15AM
