Description

GREAT BOOKHAM HIGH STREET
TQ 1354 NE (west side)
14/85

7.9.51 No.24 (Fairfield House)

GV II

House, now office. Earlier C18, with later additions; altered. Red brick in
Flemish bond; red tile roof. Double-depth plan. Two-and-a-half storeys and 3
bays, symmetrical; chamfered plinth, 3-course band, and eaves cornice with brick
dentils; the central doorway has a moulded architrave under a pediment on fluted
consoles, and a recessed glazed and panelled door; the window to the right at
ground floor is a wide segmental-headed tripartite sash (or 12-pane sash with
narrow side lights), but the other windows are all segmental-headed 12-pane
sashes with narrow margin panes; the tall mansard roof is swept over the eaves,
and contains 2 gabled dormers with 6-pane sashes. There are 2 side-wall chimney
stacks at each end. A modern 1½-storey addition at the left end is not of
special interest. The rear has a wooden 2-storey addition with a door at ground
floor and a Venetian window above, but is otherwise similar to the front.
Interior: doglegged staircase with open string, stick balusters and ramped
handrail; three C19 cast-iron grates decorated with anthemions etc.; otherwise,
altered.

Listing NGR: TQ1354054506

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26279756

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)