Description

GREAT AMWELL HILLSIDE LANE (OFF)
TL 3712 (north side)

Great Amwell village
12/22 The Flint House

24.1.67

GV II

House. 1842-4 by William Chadwell Mylne (1781-1863) for himself
(plaque in porch). Uncoursed unknapped flints with yellow brick
dressings. Hipped slate roof with wide overhanging eaves.
Grouped central chimneys plastered below brick capping. Stucco
1-storey enclosed porch central on E front. A large 2-storeys
attics and basement house with 3-window entrance front on E and
longer 5-window garden front on W. Low brick plinth, brick band
at floor and eaves levels. End bays slightly advanced on each
front. Brick quoins and gauged flat arches. Porch has panelled
pilasters, moulded imposts and 3-centred opening, moulded cornice
with blocking course and fluted urns at front corners. Round
headed window in each side. Recessed sash windows with 6/6 panes
(8/8 over porch). Flat topped casemented dormer on E and 2
similar on W. Service rooms in basement approached by sunken way
from W and tunnel under lawn on N side. Similar tunnel may have
extended to E. Interior largely unchanged but some work by
Robert Mylne c1890. In breakfast room 2 half-height relief
figures, of naval officer with Sextant and seaman with rope (said
to be from a naval church in Farnham c1759) flanking fireplace
with C18 carved wooden terms and De Morgan tiles. Inset in
frieze 2 plaster reliefs by S Henning after T Stothard
(Canterbury Pilgrims) and A Henning (Cavalcade preceding the
Tournament) of 1827. Upper'stair hall surrounded by casts of
Parthenon frieze. Said to have been built by W C Mylne to take
the place of his father's house (Amwell Grove) the situation of
which near the river he regarded as unhealthy (Colvin (1978)
578). Plaque in porch records he laid out and himself planted
the garden. (Pevsner (1977) 150).

Listing NGR: TL3710712336

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26349608

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990