Description

TL 31NE THUNDRIDGE POLES LANE
(north side)
Thundridge
2/4 Thundridge House and
linked stable block

II

Vicarage, now a private house. 'Erected in 1855' on stone shield
on N wall. Later C19 short extension on E end. Became a house
c1961. Built for Robert Hanbury, patron of the living after he
had built the new parish church of St Mary in 1853 (q.v.). Red
brick with black brick diaper pattern and stone dressings. Steep
red tile roofs with bands of scalloped tiles (bands of pointed
tiles on the stable block). 2-light and 3-light casement windows
with flush sloping stone sills. Gothic segmental relieving arches
in red and black brick, transomed casements to around floor.
hipped square bay window on S front, and 2 similar bays on the
garden front (N). Balanced asymmetrical Tudor style 2-storeys
house with 2 bargeboarded gables of different size on front with
Tudor arched door to left and main entrance porch, with stone
gable coping and finial, set diagonally in the re-entrant angle
on the right where a set-back range was extended in matching
style. A moulded stone string runs around the building at the
upper floor level, and high walls with Tudor arched gateways link
the house to the one and a half storeys small contemporary stable
block on the W. This has similar diapering on its N face to
garden, a wide arched carriage door, and a gabled outside
entrance to the loft, now glazed.

Listing NGR: TL3536616773

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26346266

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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