Description

BRENTWOOD

TQ5993 INGRAVE ROAD
723-1/12/83 (West side)
No.38

II

Former bishop's residence, now office. Early C19. Yellow brick
with stucco dressings, slate roofs. L-plan with single storey
service block in internal angle.
EXTERIOR: 2 storey. E front elevation, 3 bays with giant
stucco pilasters rising from podium to parapet with upper
cornice concealing roof. Ground floor centre bay recessed with
central flat headed porch with parapet and entablature and
Tuscan pillars on stylobates. Doorway has rectangular
fan-light and 2-leaved door with 4 panels, upper 2 glazed.
Windows in outer bays have stucco dressings with console
brackets to hoods. First floor, 3 plain sash windows. Stack
seen behind parapet above N bay. N elevation, to Queen's Road
3 bays similar to E front with 4 giant stucco pilasters
between podium and parapet. 2 E bays have ground and
first-floor plain sash windows. W bay has slightly projecting
capped stack and plain ground and first-floor windows,
replaced in C20. Stack seen from front between centre and E
bay. Rear, W elevation, 2 window range, plain with pair of
French windows with steps down. First floor, 2 plain sash
windows. To S, single-storey service block set back with three
C20 small casement windows. S elevation irregular, arm of wing
to S, ground floor, large C20 inserted multi-casement metal
window and small sash window with glazing bars, 3x4 panes.
First floor, central large window with fan-light now altered
with inserted doorway and fire-escape stair, to W, sash window
with glazing bars, 3x4 panes, to E, inserted C20 double
casement window. Service block to W, one ground floor and 2
first-floor sash windows, 3x4 panes.
INTERIOR: essentially plain, stair well at rear of central bay
top-lit, refined shaped handrail and cast-iron balusters in
rinceau form. Rooms have some simple plaster ceiling
decoration and internal folding window shutters.

Listing NGR: TQ5980993673

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482583

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)