Description

HILDENBOROUGH LONDON ROAD (north east side)
TQ 54 NE
5/132 Oakhill Lawn
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GV II

Villa. Circa 1820s or 1830s in origin, slightly enlarged shortly after it was
built. Flemish bond brick; peg-tile roof; stacks with rendered shafts.

Plan and Development: The house faces south. The main block is a rectangular
double depth plan, 2 rooms wide, with a central entrance into a passage off
which the stairs rise. The 4 ground floor rooms are heated from back-to-back
fireplaces in the axial stacks. The 2 front rooms were probably drawing and
dining rooms, the rear left room perhaps a parlour. The rear right room was
the butler's pantry, alongside the service stair leading down to the kitchen
and service rooms in the half-basement, which have their own entrance on the
east elevation. In the circa 1840s single-storey projecting bays were added
to left and right of the main block, enlarging the 2 front principal rooms.

Exterior: 2 storeys with half-basement and attic; a hipped roof with deep
eaves and axial stacks. Symmetrical 3-bay south front plus one-bay additions
to left and right. A flight of stone steps leads up to the early C19 recessed
panelled front door which has panelled reveals, a rectangular overlight with
margin glazing and a pediment. Early C19 12-pane sash windows with rubbed
brick flat arches to the first and ground floor; 2-light casement windows to
the half basement; flat roofed dormers to the attic. The left and right bays
each have one 12-pane sash, flanked by concrete pilasters which may be later
additions. The right hand bay has a concrete parapet with a moulded cornice,
this has been replaced by a plain parapet on the left hand bay. The left
return of the left bay has an early C19 bowed tripartite sash, 12-panes in the
centre flanked by 4-pane outer lights. The main block retains its original
early C19 12-pane sashes with rubbed brick flat arches. The right hand bay is
blind at the right end. The rear elevation also retains its early C19 sashes;
the rear door is C19, altered and half-glazed in the C20.

Interior: Early and circa mid C19 features include a stick baluster stair;
doors and doorcases; shutters; skirtings; chimney-pieces and cornices.

A nice example of an early C19 gentleman's villa. Group value with the early
C19 coach house at the rear (q.v.).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26540282

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)