Ardington
| Ardington | |
| Berkshire | |
|---|---|
 Holy Trinity parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU431884 |
| Location: | 51°35’35"N, 1°22’44"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 301 (2011) |
| Post town: | Wantage |
| Postcode: | OX12 |
| Dialling code: | 01235 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Vale of White Horse |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Wantage |
Ardington is a village in Berkshire, on the Berkshire Downs in the north-west of the county about two miles east of Wantage.
This is a downland village, with its parish stretching from the loam rich north to the chalk downlands to the south. An ancient path through the land, the Ridgeway, runs through the southern part of the parish, along the Berkshire Down. Racing stables are beside and around the village most of which use the Downs for gallops. Being set in the Lockinge Estate, most of Ardington parish and nearby of East and West Lockinge are owned by Thomas Loyd and managed by Adkin Rural and Commercial.
Local amenities include a public house - The Boar's Head, a sports club, village store, post office and tearoom, and the Loyd-Lindsay Rooms - a set of rooms which are let out to the community and on a commercial basis for weddings, parties and conferences. Local charities can use the rooms to hold events to raise money.
Parish church
The Church of England parish church is Holy Trinity. The oldest part of the church is the chancel arch, built about 1200.[1]
In 1856 the Gothic Revival architect Joseph Clarke added the tower and spire in 1856.[2] Somers Clarke remodelled the remainder of the church in 1887.[3]
Ardington House
Ardington House is a Georgian country house by the village, built for Edward Clarke in 1721.
The house has three tall storeys and seven window bays in breadth, not being deep, almost rectangular. It has small wings without bays to each side (alternatively the entire front range can be described as projecting) topped by a classical triangular pediment framing a weathered mid-19th century coat of arms in stone (cartouche). Its windows and central door are faced in complementary coloured brickwork dressings to its general grey brick façade.[4][5][6]
The house is a Grade II* listed building.[6] It is opened to the public in the summer months.[7]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Ardington) |
- Ardington in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ Pevsner 1966, p. 67.
- ↑ Pevsner 1966, p. 66.
- ↑ Pevsner 1966, pp. 66, 67.
- ↑ Page & Ditchfield 1924, pp. 269-272.
- ↑ Ardington House
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 National Heritage List 1048188: Ardington House
- ↑ Ardington House: Public Opening
- A History of the County of Berkshire - Volume 4 pp 269–272: {{{2}}} (Victoria County History)
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Berkshire, 1966; 2010 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-12662-4pages 66–68