Description

WOMBOURNE C.P. BEARNETT DRIVE (south-side)
SO 89 SE
5/141 Bearnett House
23.9.81
II
Large house. 1854. Red brick with painted stone and plaster quoins and
dressings; fish-scale tile roof with plain tile bands and ogee shaped gables
with finials; brick ridge stacks with polygonal shafts. Jacobean style.
East front. 2 storeys with moulded eaves cornice. 1:1:1 bays, mullioned
and transomed windows with leaded panes and first floor moulded sill band; central
gabled break with loggia porch of 3 keyed semi circular arches and pierced balustade,
first floor bow window with strapwork parapet and keyed blind oculus above.
Central half-glazed door and flanking mullioned windows all with keyed fanlights
and flanking pilasters. South front. 2 storeys with moulded eaves cornice.
1:2:1 bays, mullioned and transomed windows with first floor moulded sill band;
central recess and projecting gabled wings to left and right, each with a 2
storey bay window with strapwork parapets and keyed blind oculus above. Set-
back single-storey rear wing to left. Interior. Central T-shaped staircase
with turned balusters and elaborate newel finials. Front room south has floor
to wall wood panelling, moulded plaster cornice and decorative plaster ceiling
with pendants; decorative timber overmantle to stone fireplace. Central room
south has a stone fireplace with 4-centred arch, dentilled cornice and decorative
ceiling. Back room south has floor to ceiling wood panelling, stone fireplace
with 4-centred arch and ornamentalovermantle; decorative plaster ceiling.

Listing NGR: SO8832394866

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26525943

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