Description

GREAT BOOKHAM LOWER ROAD
TQ 1354 NE (south side)
14/98

7.9.51 No.193 (The Hermitage)

GV

House. Probably late C17, with C19 additions and alterations. Hand-made brick
and some flint, mostly covered by roughcast painted white, plus some
weatherboarding at the rear; brick chimneys. Shallow U-plan formed by a 3-unit
single-depth main range with an extension at each end, and projecting wings
added to the front of both. Two storeys and 5 bays; plinth to the main range; a
2-storey flat-roofed porch in the re-entrant angle to the right with C19
hoodmoulds over both the doorway and a 12-pane sashed window above; to the
left, the ground floor has a 12-pane sashed window breaking the plinth in the
centre, with a similar hoodmould, and a canted bay window to the left of this;
the 1st floor has two 12-pane sashes. Each wing has a canted bay window at
ground floor and a 12-pane sash above. Ridge chimney and gable chimneys, all
with cornices. The rear has a ground-floor loggia supporting a weather-boarded
corridor added to the 1st floor; the ground floor has a plinth incorporating some
flint, a central doorway and two 12-pane sashes; the added upper floor has two
16-pane sashes; the 1st bay of the addition at the east end projects and has a
small segmental-headed window on each floor; the end bay has a dormer, and a
square weather-boarded outbuilding with pyramidal roof overlaps it. Interior:
altered, but the 3-bay roof of the main range has 4 sets of collar trusses, the
1st and 4th close to gable walls of modern brick, and coupled rafters with
scratched carpenter's marks; the joists are tenoned into a central purlin and
have carpenter's marks in Roman numerals. History: Fanny Burney is said to
have lived here c.1790-1800.

Listing NGR: TQ1357754648

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26484235

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)