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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26532190

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)