Description

SK 76 SE OSSINGTON MOORHOUSE ROAD
(west side)

4/101 Ossington House

II

Small country house. C18 with extensive C19 additions and C20
alterations. Brick with hipped and gabled C20 plain tile roofs.
Brick plinth, first floor band, stone coped gables with kneelers.
2 storeys plus garrets, 6 bays, square plan with west wing.
Windows are mostly glazing bar sashes, those to south front have
segmental heads. Main south front has to west, C19 addition,
single storey, single bay, with a large mullion and transom
casement. South front has recessed central bay with projecting
flanking bays, that to left hipped, that to right gabled.
Central glazed door with segmental head, flanked by 3 sashes, and
a similar sash in each return angle. Above, 5 sashes and to
right, a round headed casement in ashlar surround. Above again,
2 hipped dormers with glazing bar casements. East front, C18,
has central beaded ashlar doorcase with curved brackets and
moulded hood, and margin stile panelled door. Flanked by 2
sashes with rubbed brick heads. Above, 5 similar sashes, and
above again, 3 hipped dormers with glazing bar casements. Rear
elevation has recessed bay flanked to left by gabled C18 wing and
to right, projecting wing. To right again, C19 gabled addition.
Partial eaves band and panelled parapet. Recessed bay has
moulded pedimented doorcase with scrolled brackets, flanked by
single sashes with segmental heads. Beyond, to left, projecting
half hipped surround to cellar door. Beyond, to right, recessed
panel containing a sash. Beyond again, door withsegmental head
and 2 mullioned casements. Above, 4 sashes with segmental heads.
Above again, to left, a round headed casement with chamfered
ashlar surround. Interior refitted c.1960.

Listing NGR: SK7569064768

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26298072

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Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)