Ashdown House (East Sussex)
Ashdown House is a country house in the English Management Unit East Sussex . Today it houses a boarding school .
history
A chapel was consecrated on the property as early as 1296. In 1575 a mansion in the Tudor style was built on the property , which has been preserved to this day.
Ashdown House was completed by architect Benjamin Latrobe in 1794. Latrobe later helped build the Capitol in Washington, DC , and also designed the nearby Hammerwood Park country house in East Sussex. He also designed the front portico of the White House in Washington.
In 1975 the country house was taken over by the charitable Ashdown House Trust . Soon thereafter, a girls' school moved in that was previously located in Connaught House in Brighton . At the same time, the school also accepted boys. Today she has around 120 students between the ages of 7 and 13.
construction
The 2½-story house with a rectangular floor plan has three bays on each side. It was created from gray ashlar . A semicircular portico with Ionic columns , which was later glazed, is built in front of the central yoke of the entrance front. The windows on the ground floor extend to the floor.
The top floor is divided into three parts: the two outer yokes of the entrance facade are drawn in the line of the two main floors, while the middle yoke jumps back. The two outer yokes are connected by a balustrade.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Ashdown House - History of the School . Ashdown House - co-educational preparatory school. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ↑ a b c Ashdown House . Images of England. Historic England. ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 9 ″ N , 0 ° 3 ′ 46.4 ″ E