Description

In the entry for:-

SU68SE CHECKENDON -

5/10010 Chatersfield Hall

- II

the entry shall be amended to read:-

SU68SE CHECKENDON Approx 500m SW of former
Borocourt Hospital

5/10010 Chatersfield Hall
(Shown on OS maps as Wyfold
Cottage)

- II

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SU68SE CHECKENDON -

5/10010 Chatersfield Hall

- II

Probably estate bailiffs house. Probably 1872-8 by George Somers Clarke, the elder, for Edward
Hermon, a cotton manufacturer. English-bond red brick with blue brick diapering, stone
dressings and some timber-framing. Plain tile roof with stone coping to gable ends and crested
ridge-tiles. Brick lateral and axial stacks with tall shafts with corbelled brick caps and strings. An
asymmetrical composition in a robust Tudor-Gothic style. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical
elevations. Entrance front has large projecting lateral stack on right with brick diaperwork, small
fire-windows, set-offs, the upper one with stone weathering incorporating a gablet containing
an armorial device; lean-to porch in angle on left with wooden arcaded front on low wall. The
left return has two staggered gables, the left projects, the right with open bracing, timber-framed
and jettied and with what looks like an oven projection below. The right hand return also has
braced and timber-framed gable jettied out over stone bay window on ground floor; on right
the ground floor projects with lean-to roof. Small single-storey service wing at rear. Interior not
recorded but room to right of main entrance has wide fireplace with low moulded segmental
arch and two fire-windows.

Listing NGR: SU6822481926

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542053

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