Description

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5028 ROSEHILL

Rose Hill (Council Offices)
TQ 1369 29/3 2.9.52

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Mid C18.
(Now Hampton branch of public library and flats: Borough Property). Said to have
been built for John Beard, the celebrated Covent Garden tenor who sang MacHeath in
the "Beggars' Opera", and who died here in 1791.
Various later additions and alterations including one-storey library wing to west.
Original part 3 bays, 3-storeys with 2-bay coach-house wing to east. Stock brick
parapet fronts with stone bands between the storeys and separate hipped slate roofs.
Cupola on central roof in shape of small round Tuscan temple with ogee lead roof.
The roof of the coach-house block is tiled. Mainly C18 sashes but some windows altered
and blocked.
North front: entrance on Rose Hill. Centre bay has semi-circular window on top floor
and sunk panels on either side of first floor windows. Large solid brick projection
on ground floor containing glazed entrance and flanking windows. Various other minor
alterations. Coach-house wing has 2 segmental arched openings, now blocked and modern
windows inserted. South front: overlooking Upper Sunbury Road to river from high bank.
Central full height 3-window splayed bay is dominating feature on this front which is
the more impressive. One window either side and that on ground floor to west modernised
Coach-house wing appears as 2 storeys and attic on this front with slightly projecting
centre containing arched recess now partly filled by small window. Interior:
Contemporary staircase and panelled staircase hall and landings. For entrance lodge
and gates see Upper Sunbury Road.

Listing NGR: TQ1341669577

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27082965

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (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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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)