Description

TM 24 NW PLAYFORD GREAT BEALINGS

4/11 Playford Mount and - Playford Grange

- II

House. 1867, by E.C. Hakewill for his own occupation. In the Victorian Gothic style. Now subdivided into 2 dwellings. 2 storeys and attics. Red brick with burnt headers; dressings of terracotta. Steeply-pitched slated roofs with dormers on the garden side, capped with slated pyramids. Internal chimneys of red brick. Sash windows, mainly single or paired, recessed within moulded terracotta openings with trefoiled heads. 2 single-storey bay windows have large terracotta mullioned and transomed casements. Lighting the staircase in a high gablet is a wheel window with 8 trefoiled segments of terracotta. Entrance porch of 2 storeys with pyramid roof; open at ground storey, with a pointed and moulded limestone arch on circular columns with foliate capitals. A fully-glazed conservatory attached to the east side; the steeply-pitched roof is supported on portal frames. The section of the house now known as Playford Grange was damaged by fire in mid C20 but retains a gabled porte-cochere towards the road.

Listing NGR: TM2215648592

External Links

• Wikidata Q26478257

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas