Description

TQ 54 S SPELDHURST LANGTON ROAD (off), SPELDHURST

3/534 Danemore Park

II

House. Circa 1830s, possibly 2 phase. Probably original stone-coloured render lightly blocked-out in imitation of ashlar masonry; slate roof; rendered chimney-shafts (some missing).

Plan: The house faces east north east, say east. Approximately rectangular double depth plan, 4 rooms wide. The main range is 3 rooms wide, with a service wing at the left (south) end. The plainer detail on this wing may indicate an earlier phase or point to the lower status of this part of the building. Entrance on the east front into the centre room of the main block, which contains the stair. Principal rooms heated by 3 axial stacks and a right end stack; service wing heated by a left end (south) stack.

Exterior: 2 storeys with a cellar under part of the service wing. Hipped slate roof. The main block has elaborate classical detail in the render; the ground floor bays divided by pilasters (some paired) with an entablature with a moudled cornice at first floor level and a deep platband above in imitation of a parapet. Above this band the angles of the first floor have rusticated quoins. Deep eaves, those of the main block carried on scroll-shaped brackets. Asymmetrical 1:3:1:2-bay front, one bay to the service block to the left; a projecting single-storey canted bay to the right; one bay to the entrance block and 2 bays to the left. The rendered entablature feature of the main block is carried across as the entablature of the porch, which has Tuscan columns in antis and a parapet surmounted by pineapple finials. Original tall glazed 4-panel front door with an overlight and an ornamental grille behind the glazed panels. The ground floor windows to the main block are 2-pane horned plate glass sashes, the 2 right hand windows with vallances for external blinds. The 3 first floor windows to the main block are similarly-glazed with rendered projecting architraves. The service wing, to the left has one first and one ground floor tripartite sash with vertical margin panes; shutters and rendered projecting architraves. Continuous sill band below the ground floor window; moulded band at first floor level. Rendered stacks with projecting cornices above a modillion frieze and C19 flared chimney pots. The other elevations of the main block continue in the same style with a 2-storey canted bay on the north elevation, which has a panel with armorial bearings on the first floor; tall tripartite sashes on the west elevation. The service wing has an external bell fixed to the south wall.

Interior: Very complete including a good open string stair with slender turned balusters, a mahogany handrail and curtail step. Other features include panelled doors and moulded plaster cornices.

A well-preserved gentleman's villa of the C19 with good classical detail.

Listing NGR: TQ5430540613

External Links

• Wikidata Q26534205

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings