Description

1. 5004 ERSKINE HILL (west side) NWll No 13 TQ 2588 26/38 18.3.65

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2. Architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. Grey brick with red dressings. Of 2 storeys and 3 window bays. Centre door, with red brick pilasters and small cornice above a blind tympanus which has a moulded plaster (or wood?) arabesque in a baroque pattern. Above is a high staircase window breaking into the roof as a half dormer. This window is set in a red brick projecting framework and is surmounted by a pulvinated frieze, cornice and pediment. Two dormers either side. The ground floor windows on either side of door are the normal sashes. The first floor windows are casements set in slight recesses in the brickwork. A return elevation of 2 window bays overlooks the forecourt of Nos 10 and 12. The elevation to Temple Fortune Hill has a brick canted bay, carried up as a parapet above the eaves and with a semi-circular headed window set in red brick pilasters and arch with small springing and keystones. A dormer window is behind the parapet. Featured chimney stack on this elevation.

Listing NGR: TQ2535288602

External Links

• Wikidata Q26349907

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)