Description

BARNET
TQ2687 WYLDES CLOSE
31-0/29/10304 (South West side)
Hampstead Garden Suburb
Far End

GV II

House. 1911, to the designs of Evelyn Simmons for himself. Brick in English bond with hipped roof of tile. Two storeys with dormer. Three-window range, bilaterally symmetrical about entrance which has door of authentic design set under a semicircular hood in Georgian manner. Two and three light windows to either side joined by panel, that to right incised with the words 'Far End Wyldes Close' in a decorative script of the period. relieving arch to centre, first-floor window; four-light window to either side. Pediment to centre range of raking cornice only, continues across the block as part of entablature. Interior:" entrance hall of two groin vaulted bays with stair of authentic design. Many cornices and other modest Idecorative details of an original design. Original plan intact. The design inspired by Georgian precedents freely interpreted to good effect. Simmons designed several Georgian revival houses in the Suburb. The three houses in Wyldes Close, Far End, Gates House and Wyldes Close Corner, form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ2612287178

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27082604

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)