Description

TQ 53 NW SPELDHURST LEGGS LANE (off)

7/536 Shirley Hall

GV II

Large house, subdivided into flats. Probably early C19. Stuccoed with a slate roof with lead rolls; stacks with yellow brick shafts.

Plan: East facing main block with an approximately square double depth plan and an off centre entrance on the east side. Adjoining block on the north side; single storey block, possibly a former billiard room, to the east, facing south. Details of plan form unclear on survey as interior not inspected.

Exeterior: Main block 2 storeys and attic; north wing 2 storeys; single- storey billiard room. The main block has chamfered quoins, a moulded sill band to the first floor and a platband below the eaves which are deep with a moulded eaves cornice carried on paired shaped brackets. Moulded first floor string interrupted by the windows. Ground and first floor windows glazed with probably late C19/early C20 2-pane horned plate glass sashes. Hipped roofs. Chimneyshafts with moulded cornices and trefoil panels to the ends. Asymmetrical 4-bay east front, the entrance in the first bay from the left which is broken forward with rusticated quoins. Ionic portico with paired columns to the front and an entablature surmounted by a parapet with sections of pierced circles with interlocking mouldings. 2-leaf front door with 4- panel leaves, the upper panels glazed with decorative leaded glass. Pilastered doorcase with ornate consoles, flanked by similar glazed panels. The ground floor windows have moulded cornices on consoles and recesses below the sills. The first floor windows have moulded architraves and segmental pediments except the window over the porch which is a tripartite sash with a floating cornice over the centre light. 4 first floor pedimented dormers glazed with 4-pane sashes. 5-bay symmetrical south return, the centre 3 bays broken forward with chamfered quoins. The ground floor windows match those on the east front with a central French window, the 3 centre openings with consoles supporting a continuous cornice that forms a shallow balcony to the first floor windows, the balcony balustrade matching the porch parapet. The 3 centre first floor windows have segmental arches and eared architraves in stucco, the architraves rising as nowy-headed panels over the lintels. Outer first floor windows with segmental pediments. Attic dormers as on the east front, triple attic dormer in the centre. The rear (north) elevation of the main block is 7 bays, plainer in character with double and triple dormers and 3 axial stacks of various sizes. The 2-bay east elevation of the north wing has a parapet and 2 windows with segmental pediments. In front of it a 5-bay conservatory divided by Ionic pilasters with tall, paired round-headed windows to each bay. Steps up to a central doorway with a 2-leaf door in a matching style. Parapet matches that on the porch; glazed roof behind. The billiard room wing is 3 bays with a fourth bay at the junction with the north wing. Moulded cornice below the parapet supported on consoles. Steps up to a central French window.

Interior: Not available for inspection at time of survey but features of interest may survive.

Listing NGR: TQ5405939961

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• Wikidata Q26534216

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