Description

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5125 HEATH AND REACH LEIGHTON ROAD
(east side)

Heath Manor
SP 9227 NE 8/143 29.4.52

II*

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Late C16 or early C17 altered early C18, slight C19 alterations. Entrance front
of red brick, hipped old tile roof with modern dormers. Two storeys and attics.
Five sash windows; ground floor flat arches, first floor ones rendered C19. Central
6 panel door, porch with modern pillars, modillion cornice hood, rusticated pilasters,
entablature with triglyphs and mutules. Ashlar quoins. Garden front has Dutch
gabled right hand projection containing stone door surround of semi-circular arch
with keystone and archivolt, Roman Doric half-columns, entablature with pulvinated
frieze and cyma recta cornice broken forward over columns, pediment. Restored
chimney stack with carved stone panels.
Interior: hall with fielded ovolo panelling, kitchen with timber 4-centred bressumer
over fireplace with carved frieze and spandrels. Staircase circa 1640, close string
with carved newels and turned balusters. Other rooms have oak panelling, 4-centred
fireplace arches. Was owned by H Brandreth circa 1666.

Listing NGR: SP9252627698

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551087

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2