Description

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5280 WESTERHAM WESTERHAM
Vicarage Hill
(South Side)

The Breaches
TQ 4453 36/1457 10.9.54.

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Large rambling house of varying dates and incorporating a C16 framed structure.
Modern brick and tile hung additions to left at rear. C19 rendered octagon
splayed bay of 2 storeys to right facing garden.
In front facing road is a small C18 symmetrical roughcast elevation of 2 storeys
with continuous dentilled cornice and gutter, ridge tile roof with 2 small leaded
dormers and centre ridge brick Tudor stack. In centre, square projection of
2 storeys with hip tiled roof.
Ground floor. 2 C19 French windows and C18 sash window with bars in centre.
Interior. Centre part of house has exposed beams and inglenook fireplace.
The rest is C18 with large C19 and modern additions.
Once occupied by John Bodicote, a friend of General Wolfe's parents. Mrs Hargreaves,
the original "Alice" of "Alice in Wonderland" spent the last few years of her
life here.

Listing NGR: TQ4473653971

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26536785

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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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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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)