Description

TQ 04NW WONERSH C.P. BLACKHEATH LANE

1/332 Barnett Hill

GV II *

House, now Conference Centre. c.1905 by Arnold Mitchell for F. Cook in
Carolean style. Purple/brown brick with red brick and yellow stone dressings,
hipped plain tiled roofs over with wooden eaves cornice. H-shape plan with
entrance courtyard and service buildings in range to left. Two storeys and
attics with multiple stacks to front ends of wings and on centre of recessed
range,of lozenge section. Symmetrical about centre entrance porch with five
bay range flanked by projecting wings. Parapet over centre range partially
obscuring the roof. One small dormer window either side of centre-and fine
modillion eaves cornice below with foliate brackets and acanthus band beneath.
Glazing bar sash fenestration with stone sills and aprons to windows. Five
windows across the first floor under gauged brick heads, that on the entrance
porch of 8-panes, 12-panes either side on first floor; 24-pane windows on
ground floor with keystones over. Square turrets in angles between wings and
recessed range under copper ogee domes with spherical finials. Banded stone
and rubbed brick angles and one 8-pane glazing bar sash window on each floor
of each face of each tower, roundel window under eyebrow 'dormer' over cornice.
Wings:- Court-facing return walls - three, 8-pane windows on first floor with
stone sills and aprons, three tall 12-pane glazing bar sash windows below. Two
12-pane glazing bar sash windows on the ends of each wing, one either side of
stack, scrolls and garlands. Two steeply gabled dormers in roofs of wings
facing across the entrance courtyard. Projecting stone entrance porch to centre
with deep modillioned segmental pediment. Flamboyant cartouche in typanum
of pediment and panelled pilasters to angles with foliate garlands to lugged
panels. Central window with shouldered surround over and panelled apron below.
Channelled ground floor rustication with 'aprons' to ends supporting cornice.
Central garlanded keystone in cornice over round arched and coved surround
to stone flagged porch entrance, vaulted above. Flank walls of porch have
first floor windows in finely panelled and rebated surrounds and stilted,round
arched windows below under cornice and keystoned head and in coved recess
surround. Further half-glazed doors to base of towers. Wing to left at
angles-with single storey range across the front under cross-ridge stack,
taller dormered range to rear. Rear:- Projecting two storey angle bays to
ends, dormers in roofs. Central stone frontispiecewith broken pediment to
first floor, broken swans-neck pediment over ground floor. Fine cartouche
on first floor connected to panelled pilasters by rich foliate garland.
Central window in rebated surround. Wider cornice on ground floor with
central scroll keystone over casement door, Ionic pilasters flanking on
pedestals. Service wing set back to right.
Interior:- barrel vaulted entrance corridor with plasterwork panels on
ceiling and moulded doorcases.

C. ASLET: THE LAST COUNTRY HOUSES (1982) pp.36, 139 & 311; ill. 80
THE BUILDER: 29 Mar. 1912 p.164, 268; i.
BUILDING NEWS: 15 Mar. 1912.

Listing NGR: TQ0243145442

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548657

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