Description

TQ 67 41 BRENCHLEY WINDMILL HILL, BRENCHLEY
(west side)
15/196 Little Portobello including
garden railings to the west
20.10.54
GV II

House. Early C18, probably a remodelling and extension of an earlier
building. Additions of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Flemish bond brick, the
first floor tile-hung; peg-tile roof; brick stacks.

Plan: The house faces east, fronting Windmill Hill. Double depth plan with 2
principal rooms to the front heated by end stacks with a central entrance into
a passage containing the stair. 2 narrow heated rear service rooms are
contained within a narrow block roofed on the same axis. There was formerly a
separate rear centre service stair to the first floor, the attic flight of
which-still survives. Cellar below the north end of the house. 2 small 1960s
and 1970s wings have been added at the north end and there is a 1980s south
west library wing. The C18 plan is largely intact although the partition
between the south end principal and service room has been removed.

Exterior:2 storeys and attic. Gable-ended roof; stacks with corbelled brick
cornices. Symmetrical 3-bay east front with a moulded brick cornice at firt
floor level below the tile-hanging and a moulded cornice below the eaves.
Steps up to an C18 front door with 6 fielded panels and a horizontal porch
hood. One-light windows flanking the front door have square leaded panes and
may also be C18. The other windows are C18 casements with flat-faced
mullions, preserving their original glazing of square leaded panes and window
furniture including quadrant catches. The outer bay windows are 3-light, 2-
light window above the front door. 3 attic dormers with hipped roofs and 2-
light casements with quadrant catches and diamond leaded panes. The rear
elevation has end stacks to the service block and a central C18 or C19 half-
glazed door. Garden railings on a low brick wall, probably C19, and a
contemporary gate are included in the history.

Interior: C18 dog-leg stair with a closed string and turned balusters some
exposed carpentry.

Roof: Roof of main block not accessible on survey. C18 or C19 common rafter
roof with a ridge board to the rear block.

Listing NGR: TQ6794941859

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543135

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Recommended Books

• 
  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)