Description

SS 81 NW ROSE ASH NETTLEFORD HILL

9/116 Ditchett

II

House. Circa 1820. Colourwashed rendered stone and cob; 2 span slate roof, hipped
at ends; end stacks with brick shafts, rear lateral stack.
Plan: Double depth plan, 3 rooms wide, the centre front room an entrance hall
containing the stair, principal rooms to front left and right. An axial passage with
a service stair at the right end divides the front from the rear rooms; rear left
pantry, rear centre kitchen, rear right parlour or dining room. The axial passage is
connected to the entrance hall by a rather awkward closet.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Almost symmetrical 3-bay front with a C19 panelled front door
with a glazed overlight, panelled reveals and a C19 Tuscan porch, early C19 windows
16-pane sashes to the left hand bay, 20-pane sashes to the right hand bay, 12-pane
sash above front door. A C19 round-headed casement on the right return with margin
glazing to each light lights the service stair. The rear elevation has a mixture of
C19 casements and C20 replacement windows, rear service door into pantry.
Interior: Original features survive including panelled doors. The entrance hall
retains a reeded plaster cornice and oval plaster ceiling decoration. The stick
baluster stair has a wreathed mahogany handrail. Ground floor room front left has a
re-sited early C19 Devon marble chimney-piece. The massive kitchen fireplace is
still open with a bread oven, the rear right room has a C19 reeded chimney-piece.
Other rooms not seen at time of survey but similar features may survive.
A large, handsome gentry house.

Listing NGR: SS8103219203

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401038

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  For the Record
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)