Description

TQ 65 NW PLATT LONDON ROAD
2/4 (south side)

1.8.52 Nepicar House
GV
II*

House. Circa 1700 front added to earlier block at rear which was itself remodelled
for the Reverend Sandford Bailey in circa 1856 by William Burges. Red and blue brick
chequer on plinth of coursed stone blocks. Brick band. Heavy moulded modillion eaves
cornice to steep hipped plain tiled roof with 2 small leaded hipped dormers. Two wide
brick ridge stacks. Two storeys, basement and attic; symmetrical 5 window facade,
glazing bar sashes, those on ground floor C19 with thin glazing bars. Blocked
basement--window heads in plinth. Central panelled doubled doors with large
rectangular overlight. Four steps up to entrance with ornamental cast-iron
hand-rail. Projecting semi-circular hood over entrance with shell ornament and in
centre plaster relief of bear. Carved foliated supporting console brackets. Rear of
the block has 2 large gables. Gabled 2-storey brick wing behind with door to north
topped by enriched armorial decoration. Interior. Panelled hall and passage behind
off early C18 staircase with Salamonic balusters, probably moved. One pilastered
panelled room to right of hall. This building in 1980 won an R.I.B.A. prize for
conservation of historic buildings and has a long and low late 1970's brick and smoked
glass office wing attached on the south side.

Listing NGR: TQ6303058367

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546835

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Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2