Pitshill
| Pitshill | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 Pitshill House | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU94902290 |
| Location: | 50°59’52"N, 0°38’56"W |
| Village: | Tillington |
| History | |
| Built 1760-1794 | |
| For: | William Mitford by John Upton |
| Country house | |
| Neoclassical | |
| Information | |
Pitshill is a country house built in the Neoclassical style and is located within the Parish of Tillington in Sussex, a couple of miles west of Petworth. The house was begun by William Mitford in 1760 on the site of an earlier house and was completed by his son, also William, in 1794.
The house is a Grade II* listed building,[1] It is considered to be one of the most important country houses in Sussex.
The rectangular house of two stories with an attic and basement has a main east facing façade built in 1760 to a design by John Upton, the Petworth Estate surveyor. It is built in limestone ashlar with rusticated ground floor and a balustraded parapet over the side portions.[2]
The remaining elevations are brick and render decorated to match the east front and were constructed in the 1790s to plans influenced but not completed by Sir John Soane. Further substantial works were carried out to the house in the 1830s as well as the later Nineteenth Century additions of a veranda and conservatory, these being removed in the 1950s leaving a classical style rectangular building.
The main house is augmented by two nineteenth century lodges,[3][4] an 1840s stable block,[5] a shell house,[6] probably late eighteenth century, all Grade II listed and standing within a Grade II listed park.[7] in addition there is an ice house, also probably 18th century, and a late nineteenth century tower.
A public bridleway and public footpaths through the park give access for the public.
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1217563: Pitshill (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Sussex, 1965 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09677-4
- ↑ National Heritage List 1217631: Upper Lodge (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1217632: Lower Lodge (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1217628: Pitshill Stud (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1423238: Shell House south of Pitshill House (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1000349: Pitshill and the Manor of Dean (Register of Historic Parks and Gardens)
