Description

TQ 16SW BOROUGH OF ELMBRIDGE HIGH STREET

Esher

5/180 Nos. 79 and 79a 14.8.53 (Grapes Cottage and Grapes House)

II

House, now divided and partly used for offices. C17 with C18 extensions , renovated in the 1970's. Timber framed with rendered front and plain tiled roof, half-hipped to left. Brick stack to right end and ridge stack to left of centre. 2 storeys with attics to right under C20 lead, flat roofed dormers. Mixed fenestration with 5 windows across the first floor, casement windows with "Gothick" style glazing bars under cambered heads to first floor left and 2 angle bay windows to first floor centre and right with glazing bar sashes. Bow window to ground floor left and small casement window on wooden surround under flat hood to left of centre. Door to 79a to right- 6 panels under flat wooden hood in architrave surround. Door to 79 in left hand return front under pentice roofed trellis porch. Weatherboard catslide extension to rear left and brick wing to right. Interior: Ground floor room to right of centre : C17 plaster work including a knight in armour, flowers etc.

Listing NGR: TQ1385664569

External Links

• Wikidata Q26281454

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair