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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26534205

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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