Description

LUGHORSE LANE
TQ 75 SW HUNTON
(North Side)
2/84 Gennings
5.12.1984
GV II

House. Built between 1727 and 1745 (Hasted), possibly incorporating
part of a late C16 or C17 house. Internal fittings of 1760's. Late
C19 and early C20 alterations. Chequered red and grey brick. C19
parapet, gables and breaks red brick in Flemish bond. C19 ashlar
dressings to windows and doors. Plain tile roof. Double depth. West
facing. 2 storeys, attics and cellar on chamfered brick plinth.
Fragment of chamfered stone string course to right (south-west) corner.
C19 central break. Plain C19 stone-coped parapet. Shaped stone-coped
C19 gables; 3 to front elevation, 2 to right (south) return elevation
and 3 to rear, all with moulded stone kneelers and urn finials. Roof
hipped to left. Brick stack to left gable end and ridge stacks flanking
central break. Irregular fenestration of 6 late C19 leaded stone
mullion windows; one cross window to right, one to left, 3, closely-
spaced, to central break and one small transomed window to left of break.
2 rectangular C19 and early C20 ground-floor brick bays with stone
mullioned and transomed windows and plain parapets. Stone window to
right return elevation. Ribbed double doors in central early C20
brick porch with stone dressings. Flight of 5 stone steps up to narrow
balustraded terrace surrounding porch. Rainwater heads dated 1801.
Conservatory to rear left (north-west) corner, in red brick, with
moulded brick pilasters, and raised brick panels to parapet. Interior:
entrance hall with fielded panelling, moulded cornice with Ionic
modillions, and fluted pilasters flanking central stair-well. Modillioned
cornice to stair-well, continued outside present well. Stairs with turned
balusters and latticed cheeks. South-west room (to right of entrance
hall) with C18 fireplace. South-east ground-floor room with sunk
panelling and fireplace with Ionic columns and enriched frieze with
central relief. Fielded panelling to east-central room. South-east
and south-west first-floor rooms with moulded cornices and fretwork
detailing. Plain sunk panelling to former room, shouldered fireplace
to latter. Various C19 iron grates. C19 cast-iron skylight or vent
with counter balanced opening dome, to ground-floor room to north of
stairs. Stone from parapet with names of craftsmen, dated 1760. Painting
of 1776 depicts 2-storey bow windows to south and west. Documentation
includes bill of 1763 for panelling, Ionic modillions and fretwork
and of 1767 for fireplace. Thought to be the setting for "Pride and
Prejudice". (Mr. Mattingley, unpublished work on Gennings).

Listing NGR: TQ7251350406

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Gennings Park at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26541954

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House