Capel Manor House

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Capel Manor House
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Location of Capel Manor House in Kent
TypeHouse
Location Horsmonden, Kent
Coordinates 51°08′02″N0°26′51″E / 51.1339°N 0.4474°E / 51.1339; 0.4474
Built1969-70
Architect Michael Manser
Architectural style Modern
Governing bodyPrivately owned
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameCapel Manor House
Designated18 September 2013
Reference no.1413746

Capel Manor House is a small modern steel-framed private house in Horsmonden, in Kent in southern England. It was designed by Michael Manser for John Howard, a former Member of Parliament. [1] It was built between 1969 and 1970. [1] The house was constructed on the site of, and within the remains of, Capel House, an earlier mansion built by Thomas Henry Wyatt in Italian Gothic style in the mid-nineteenth century and demolished in the 1960s. [2] The architectural writer John Newman describes the Manser house as "a severe Miesian pavilion". [3] : 307  The colonnades of Wyatt's winter garden now enclose a swimming pool. [3] : 307  The house is an important example of modern architecture in Britain, and in 2013 was designated a Grade II* listed building. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Neil Jackson (2016). The Modern Steel House. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN   9781136745287.
  2. 1 2 Capel Manor House, including the remains of the winter garden and the arcaded retaining wall with balustrade and steps belonging to an earlier house. Historic England. Accessed March 2017.
  3. 1 2 John Newman, (2012). Kent: West and The Weald. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN   9780300185096.

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