Description

1.
1042 SOUTHBROOM ROAD
(East Side)

Heathcote House
(Formerly listed under
Southbroom Place)
SU 0061 3a/195 9.4.54.

II*

2.
Early to mid C18 with later additions. 2 storeys, attic and basement. Red
brick on projecting plinth with stone capping, chamfered stone quoins. Moulded
stone eaves cornice. Hipped stone tile roof partly re-roofed with double
Roman tiles. 2 hipped roof dormers with small sashes. 2 paired windows and
central single window on 1st floor. 2 paired windows and central door on
ground floor. All windows sashes with glazing bars intact set in moulded
stone surrounds those on ground floor with additional moulded cornices. Recessed
bay of 1 similar window each floor to right. The door is recessed of 6 fielded
panels in moulded stone surround with plain outer stone frame and carved stone
brackets supporting flat stone hood with stone vase over. To left hand one
3 light stone framed and mullioned basement window. The south west elevation
is late C18 (1786 according to interior beam). Brick dentil eaves cornice.
2 dormers. 5 irregularly spaced recessed sash windows, glazing bars intact.
Glazed door.
The interior has been considerably altered in C19, but 1/4 fielded panelling
remains in front rooms and one flight of turned balusters and swept up handrail
to the stairs. Bay window of early C19 dining room now give on to conservatory
which has a very deep lead lined cistern probably connected with original
house. -

Listing NGR: SU0083661171

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544044

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Recommended Books

• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)