Description

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TR 1251 PETHAM BROADWAY
(south east side)

37/10002 Petham House

- II

Large villa. Built c1850 by Robert Palmer Browne for Thomas Henry Mackay. Italianate style.
Stuccoed with hipped slate roof and 9 tall stuccoed chimneystacks. Main house is of 2 storeys
and semi-basement with L-shaped service wing, formerly 2 storeys but now reduced in height
to one. North or entrance front of 3 bays, the central projecting with massive porte-cochere.
Bracket eaves cornice. Sashes with verticals only in moulded architraves with ears and feet, the
central lst floor window tripartite and the ground floor windows having cornices and panelled
aprons beneath attached to plinth. Porte-cochere has deep modillion cornice with corner
brackets and keystone with carved hand grasping dagger. To right is section of one bay with
round-headed window. Garden front has 6 windows, including 3 in full-height canted bay to
right and section to left has one casement window. Original fittings include well staircase with
anthemion motif balusters and column principals in cast iron, elaborate cornices, doorcases with
architraves including paterae and fireplaces.

Listing NGR: TR1257251123

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26551429

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (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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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)