Description

IPSWICH

TM1645 HENLEY ROAD
642-0/7/10026 (West side)
No.77
Highfield Lodge

II

House. 1870. By JR Cattermole. For Noah Hunt. Builder S
Turner. Red brick; machine tile roof. 2 storeys and attics.
Plan is of 2 parallel gabled ranges running north-south,
linked at the south end by a gabled range running east-west.
Facade to east. Wide gable-end to left containing doorway set
within a moulded 4-centred recessed arch. Two 1/1 horned
sashes right of this and a 1/1 horned sash to first floor
under a hipped roof. One small 1/1 horned sash in gable head.
To right of gable is a canted bay with glazed double doors. 2
first-floor sashes above, without glazing bars. Gabled roofs.
3 serrated stacks irregularly disposed.
West front has a collection of 1/1 horned sashes, a 2-storey
canted bay window to left under a gable rebuilt after collapse
in 1987, and a bay window to the right at ground floor. 2
gabled dormers, one small and one large, the latter on
decorative brick corbelling running down through the eaves.
South front also with a 2-storey canted bay window to left,
and a contemporary greenhouse to right. Greenhouse is of
timber and plate glass.
INTERIOR: Gothick in inspiration. Wide 4-centred arch over
staircase. Stairs are open-string, with square chamfered
balusters and moulded handrail. Raking dado beneath with
arched panelling. Internal doors have 6 moulded panels. Some
windows with balanced rising shutters.
(Brown C, Haward B, Kindred R: Dictionary of Architects of
Suffolk Buildings 1800-1914: Ipswich: 1991-: 64).

Listing NGR: TM1617345892

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539971

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)