Description

Northaw
TL 20 SE NORTHAW AND COOPER'S LANE
CUFFLEY (west side)

12/229 Northaw Place

6.2.52

GV II*

House. Formerly residential school. Circa 1690. Said to have
been built for Captain Moncey R.N. Altered early C19, c.1860 and
late C19. Earliest part on E has 5-window N front, refaced
c.1860 in cement. Banded ground floor. Square porch with
detached Roman Doric columns their lower halves bossed.
Balustrading. Slightly projecting centre window bay, the 1st
floor window with pediment. Chamfered quoins. Sash windows with
shallow-moulded surrounds. Extension on right with 3 moulded
relieving arches and similar detailing. Large early and late C19
W additions. At right angles on W end is stable block of late
C17 origin: C19/20 red brick with slate hipped roof. The ridge
has large clock tower: square base with clock faces; dentilled
open pediments; octagonal turret with columns and modillioned
cornice; ogee lead hood; clock mechanism intact. Garden
elevation to early house is red brick c1700. 1st floor band.
Early C19 flush sash windows. Square porch has fluted Greek
Doric columns and pilaster responds. C19 stucco eaves cornice.
W extensions in yellow stock brick with gauged brick lintels.

Interior has very good c1700 staircase hall. Canvas wall and
ceiling paintings in style of Verrio, depicting scenes from
classical mythology. Barley twist balustrading. Hall and ground
floor rooms with contemporary fielded panelling, the NE room and
vestibule with frames for paintings, now removed, set over
bolection-moulded fireplaces. NE 1st floor room with Chinese
style paintings on rails and mutins of panelling, now painted
over. (Pevsner (1977) ).

Listing NGR: TL2700002465

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Northaw Place at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17555637

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)