Description

HARTFORD C.P. SCHOOL LANE
SJ 67 SW
(East Side)
4/38 Whitehall

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GV II

Formerly villa, now council offices: 1835 by John Douglas Sen., some
C20 extensions and alterations. Stuccoed brick, hipped Welsh slate
roof. L-shaped in plan. 2-storey symmetrical 7-bay entrance front.
Plinth, end pilasters, band at 1st floor sill level and projecting
eaves. Central bay steps forward slightly under a flat triangular
pediment and has an Ionic porch antis approached by 3 steps. Within
are a pair of half-glazed doors in a simple architrave and apair of
semi-circular headed niches to the sides. Recessed 12-pane sash above
and in remaining bays where there are recessed fielded panels below
sill level on the ground floor. Garden front has a 2-storey canted
bay at its centre and a good cast-iron verandah around the ground
storey with a tented felted roof. Tripartite windows in the end
bays. Wing extends to the right in a similar style. Irregular
extensions to the north side.
Interior: entrance into the hall open to the roof and lit by an
octagonal lantern with an acanthus boss. Hall contains an open well
staircase with delicate iron balusters and a bracketted open string.
Room to right has plaster panelled walls and a frieze and ceiling in
early C20 Neo-classical style. Fireplace with giant Corinthian
columns. Panelled shutters to deep casements. Room beyond has
Jacobean style fireplace with re-used marquetry panels and plaster
panelled dado, and a servery with fluted pilasters.

Listing NGR: SJ6413571916

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26522210

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Recommended Books

• 
  For the Record
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)