Denford Park, Kintbury - Hungerford Virtual Museum

DenfordPark. Kintburv, Berkshire
The South Room
The small South Room is now occupied by WCs; it was original accessed off the
corridor by a door further to the east than the present one. That has been converted
into a cupboard and the present doorway is very plain and evidently inserted.
The room has a standard pattern window with splayed reveals that lacks a radiator or
radiator cover and is similar to that in the adjacent South-East Room. Whilst the
room has a timber skirting board it lacks a cornice.
The North-West and South-West Rooms
The present North-West and South-West rooms were evidently once part of one large
single room until the corridor was continued westwards and separated them. The line
of the fluted cornice around the original stubby 'L-shaped' room is quite clear. The
room was presumably heated by an angle stack in the north-eastern corner which has
been removed.
This would have been a very large room, lit by two windows in the west wall as well
as single windows in the north and south walls. The western windows have been
blocked but their positions are obvious; in between, a doorway was inserted to link
the corridor with the modern extension to the west. The other two windows are still
in use and have the same general detailing as the others on this level.
3.3 Building B2: The East Wing
The West and East Wings (Buildings Bl and B2) are known to have been added to the
sides of the original Main House (Building A) as part of the re-ordering of Denford
Park at the end of the 1930's.
Whilst the West Wing was built on open ground against the west wall of the original
house, the East Wing seems to have replaced an earlier link block connecting the
Main House and the Service Wing. This may account for the slight difference in
length between the two wings but not the more substantial difference in width.
3.3.1 The Exterior
Because of the adjacent buildings to either side, only the north and south walls of the
wing are external. These are faced with virtually identical Bath stone ashlar to the
Main House, although the inner leaf is of brick.
The external detailing was deliberately designed to match the existing work -
including the later parapet that had been added to the original design shortly after it
was built (see below). Both elevations have hopper heads with the initials THH and
the date 1939.
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Richard K Morriss & Associates, Historic Buildings Consultants, Bromiaw House, Bromlow, Shropshire, SYS OEA