Description

ST23SW ENMORE CP ENMORE ROAD (South side)

6/31 Smocombe House

II

Probably a dower house for Enmore Castle estate, now house. Early C19 features, though core earlier. Painted rubble,
fretwork bargeboards, fishscale tile roof, slender brick stacks with moulded stone caps set diagonally in groups on
brick bases. Gothick. Irregular plan; inset into hillside on 2 levels, one storey and attic and 2 storeys and attic.
Entrance frontage of 1:2:1 bays, those to the left and the right under front-facing gables, that to left projecting
slightly; outer windows on ground floor with 4-centred heads, 2-light casements, each in a shallow recess, that to
right with a recess with a 4-centred head, that to left with corbels set over; in the face of each gable a blank
window; centre 2-bays with gabled dormers to attic, 2-light iron casements with leaded lights, 2 pairs of French
windows on ground floor, to right with a 4-centred head. Returns and rear in similar style; ground drops away to left.
Interior with co-eval features including staircase.

Listing NGR: ST2302334663

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26311250

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
• 
  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)