Description

BRENTWOOD

TQ69SW BRENTWOOD ROAD, Herongate
723-1/9/178 (South West side)
20/02/76 No.259
Park House

II

House. C18, altered and extended in early C20. Red brick in
Flemish bond, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. Double-pile
plan facing E, with 2 internal stacks symmetrically arranged.
Large early C20 extension to rear, in Georgian style. Small
C20 single-storey extension to right of front range.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, cellar and attics. The E front was
originally symmetrical; a square single-storey bay now stands
forward to left of the central door, and a C20 moulded flat
canopy covers it and the door, supported on one square pier.
Ground floor, 2 tripartite sashes of 2+3, 6+9 and 2+3 lights,
with Gothic tracery in the upper lights, of pine. The window
to right of the door has a segmental-flat arch of gauged brick
narrower than the window aperture. First floor, 3 sashes of
8+8 lights in late Georgian style with segmental-flat arches
of gauged brick. 2 casements in flat-roofed dormers. Simple
cornice and parapet extending along both side elevations;
hipped roof. The right elevation has on the first floor one
original blank recess and one similar sash, both with
segmental brick arches, and one smaller C20 sash. The left
(garden) elevation has an early C20 splayed bay with French
windows, overlight with Gothic tracery, 2 similar sashes to
those at front, and flat roof; on the first floor 2 sashes of
8+8 lights in late Georgian style with segmental brick arches.
INTERIOR: C20 stair, and large aperture from entrance-hall
into right front room, which has a moulded egg-and-dart
plaster ceiling cornice and an early C20 stone fireplace. The
left front room has a 6-panel moulded door and C18 wooden
eared fireplace with husk, faces and egg-and-dart mouldings,
and a cast-iron ducknest grate with low-relief ornament of
c1800, a fine example of its period. Other internal doors are
6-panel. All first-floor hearths blocked.

Listing NGR: TQ6312690772

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500935

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