Description

SK 68 NE LOUND MATTERSEY ROAD (east side)

3/78 Highfield House II

House. Early C19, dated 1839 and 1928. Rendered and painted. Hipped slate roof with wide modillion cornice. West 2 storey, 3 bay front, set on a plinth with 2 rendered ridge stacks. Central C20 porch, closed on 2 sides with cluster columns at the front and rear. Recessed glazed door with overlight, the recess surround being panelled. Flanked by single 2 storey canted bays each with 3 low glazing bar sashes and 3 similar, smaller sashes above with a similar single sash above the porch. The north side of 7 bays has 2 rendered stacks, the left 2 bays have stone coped parapets the right one having urns at the corners, the left one is painted brick. Doorway in slightly projecting bay. Recessed double door with 6 fielded panels and relief frieze over, decorated with putti. Either side single consoles support a cornice. Above is the inscrtiption 'TW 1839.' Flanked by single glazing bar sashes. To the left is a projecting wing inscribed "FEP 1928" with a single glazing bar sash, there is a further recessed bay, with a single glazing bar Yorkshire sash under a segmental arch. Above the doorway is a single glazing bar sash, with 2 glazing bar sashes to the right and 3 glazing bar sashes to the left, of differing sizes.

Listing NGR: SK6889986125

External Links

• Wikidata Q26532190

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (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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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)