Denford Park, Kintbury - Hungerford Virtual Museum

DenfordPark, Kintburv, Berkshire
The exposed section of the elevation is of two bays, but there is also room for
doorways at the eastern end leading into the South-East Range. Although the
evidence suggests that the masonry of this elevation courses in with that of the South-
East Range, this seems to contradict the documentary evidence of the Papworth
drawings. The windows are recessed sashes in plain surrounds. The ground-floor
windows have thin stone sills.
3.4.1.03 The West Elevation
Although mostly obscured by the later East Wing (Building B2), the northernmost
part of the west elevation of this range is still external, with a probably primary
window on the first-floor and a remodelled one below.
3.4.2 The Roof
The roof could not be examined in detail but seems to now be contiguous with that of
the South-East Extension. It consists of two parallel shallow pitched hips joined at
the west side by a third pile; the southern pile joins the western pile of the South-East
Range. This could be the result of the major remodelling of this area by Papworth in
thelate-1830's.
3.4.3 The Interior
Whilst many of the details, fixtures and fittings of the interior have been quite
radically altered over the years, and particularly in the later 20 th century, the basic
layout appears to have remained intact.
3.4.3.01 The Ground Floor
The ground floor layout consists of two rooms on either side of an axial passageway
that continues the line of the corridor in the East Wing (Building B2) to the west
through the end of the South-East Range to the east and so to a doorway in the rear
yard. As the corridor is set to the south of the centreline of the building, the rooms to
the north of it are significantly wider than those to the south.
The Service Corridor
The ground-floor corridor has a floor of composite with a central path of stone flags,
all probably dating from the mid-20 th century - probably the 1939 changes. There is a
simple skirting board but no cornice; the doorways have simply moulded architraves
and six panelled doors, some with glazed upper panels to allow borrowed light into
the corridor. At the end of the corridor there are steps down to a doorway in the east
wall.
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Richard K Morriss & Associates, Historic Buildings Consultants, Bromlow House, Bromlaw, Shropshire, SYS OEA