Description

SU69SW
1/3

CROWMARSH
BENSON LANE
(West side)
Crowmarsh Gifford
Hydraulics Research Limited

GV
II

House, now offices. c.1850. Stone base; red brick with Bath stone dressings;
complex slate roof; various brick stacks. Complex plan. Elizabethan style. 2
storeys and attic; 5-window range. 1:3:l. 3-bay centre with one-bay cross-wings.
Stone arcaded glazed loggia with Doric pilasters. Central half-glazed double
door with round overlight. Cross window to right cross-wing. 3 cross windows to
centre first floor. 5-light stone mullion and transom window to right cross-wing
to left and right. Pierced stone balustrade to centre roof. Shaped gables to
cross wings to left and right. Octagonal tower to right with ogee lead roof.
Rear; 2 storey and attic; 5-window range. 3 French doors to centre. 2 storey bay
window to left and right with stone mullion and transom windows to bath floors.
3 cross-windows to first floor centre. Pierced stone balustrade to centre roof
and to flat tops of hay windows. Central armorial bearing. Shaped gables to left
and right. 2 dormers to centre. 2-storey, 3-window wing to left with 5-window
arcade to ground floor. Interior: Double height hall with glazed leaded screen
to lobby. Decorative encaustic tile floor. Balcony to first floor with panelled
front in Jacobean style with cupid herms to uprights of panels. Ornate plaster
panelled ceiling with brackets to cove. Enquiry Room and Library (probably
former drawing rooms) both panelled in French Rococo style. Lecture room to left
(probably former dining room) panelled in Jacobean style in oak. Staircase to
right. Open well cantilever staircase with wrought and cast iron balustrade with
wood hand rail. Coffered ceiling with central hinged figure to oval panel.

Listing NGR: SU6153390096

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26650317

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)