8927

 

II  

Designated  

24/10/1951  

26/03/1985  

Boultibrooke House  

 

Powys  

Presteigne  

 

 

331139  

265564  

 

Set on a wooden rise facing south towards the River Lugg.  

Domestic  

 

 

Composition of centre block with lower set back a symmetrical U-plan. Main 2 storey 3 window block with early C19 stucco front, hipped slate roof with end stacks, wide eaves, blind arches to outer ground floor bays. Sash windows with glazing bars in recessed timber frames, later glazed porch to centre of front. Set-back stucco wings with hipped slate roofs detailed as before, plus 5-bay arched ground floor treatment (under glazed verandah to right). The right hand wing (extended in 1872) has a 5 bay side elevation, partly 1 storey, with Gothic glazing bars to sash windows and solid porch. Rear library extension added 1812-15 by Robert Smirke for Sir Harford Jones Brydges. Elongated red brick octagon wth top-lighting only. The interior (reached through a domed anti-room) has a coffered central dome and others with fleur-de-lys ornament, plaster cornice with egg and dart and foliage frieze.  

 

Group value.