Description

SK 31 SE HEATHER SWEPSTONE ROAD
5/23
Heather Hall and adjoining
GV outbuildings to rear.

II

Farmhouse, C18, with C19 additions. Main core is Flemish bond brickwork.
3 storeys, double pile plan with symmetrical facade of 5 bays. Central
doorway with semi-circular fanlight and shallow niches to either side.
Massive yellow brick parapetted porch added, with paired columns, a heavily
fluted Doric. 2 16-light sash windows each side of door with cambered
stone heads. 16-light casements to low upper storey and decorative yellow
brick panels each side of central window. 2 pavilions added to each side
of main block. That on right, of red brick with yellow brick parapet,
2 storeys, with gauged brick heads to sash windows, and string courses,
extends back in long 2-storey wing. Pavilion to south formerly 2 storeys,
a fanciful gothic addition of c. 1860 - yellow brick with shallow rectangular
bay window with triple lancets. 3 gothic windows with foliate capitals to
South elevation, and triple lancet with tracery to rear. Interior has
richly carved arcading, and, in anteroom, ornate timber vault with detached
ribs and central pendant. Yellow brick addition to rear with flamboyant
octagonal turret. Behind and adjoining house, a range of outbuildings -
single storey yellow brick facade with red brick dressings, heavy parapet
and many octagonal turrets. Cornice and arched centrepiece beneath gable.
Series of lancet windows and doorways with traceried doors.

Listing NGR: SK3818410573

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26336555

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)