Description

ROTHERFIELD B2101 (OFF)
TQ 52 NE
21/1001
Holme Park
II
House. C1840-50 in Italianate style. Rendered with hipped slate roof and rendered
chimneystacks. Asymmetrical plan but main block of 2 storeys 4 windows, the left
hand bay projecting forward with pilasters and pilasters to other end. Casements.
Ground floor has projecting sun-lounge with 4 pilasters and 2 tuscan engaged columns
and windows of modified Venetian type. Balustrading above, curved to centre. On
each side are pedimented pavilions having triple French windows, plinth and flights
of cemented steps. Attached and set back to the right hand side is an impressive
3-storey Italianate tower with hipped. roof with elaborate metal finial & bracket
cornice. 2nd floor has 3 round-headed arched windows with impost blocks and
balustrading below. 1st floor has curved balconettes on 2 faces with French windows
in pedimented surrounds and blank shields above. To the rear is a curved early
C20 window and the service wing of 2-storeys has a blank shield to centre, flanked
by 2 sashes with horns and cambered arch to ground floor. The rear of the service
wing has a central pedimented dormer with console brackets and canted 1st floor bay.
Interior has reception hall panelled by Harrods in 1919, a library with late
C19 shelving, coved cornice and Adam style octagonal ceiling feature with wheat ear
drops and roundels. Front right room has elaborate plaster cornice with foliate
details and elaborate curved pediment to the door. The fireplace had been ripped
out at the time of survey.

Listing NGR: TQ5640628489

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26278928

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Recommended Books

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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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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)