Description

ST 95 NE POTTERNE EASTWELL ROAD

7/134 Eastwell House
19.3.62
GV II

House, late C17 or early C18 rebuilding on core apparently C17 but
said to date from late C15. C18 and C19 alterations. Roughcast
with slate hipped roof and centre brick stack. Basement, 2
storeys and attic, square plan with gabled projecting additions on
all but east side. Timber dentilled eaves cornice and similar
dentilled string course over ground floor. Exposed-box 12-pane
sashes. Three-window range to east front with 4-light early to
mid C17 basement ovolo-moulded mullion window to left. Three
dormers. North front is built out, partly in 1860, incorporating
original gabled porch tower. Now 2-gabled with 9-pane attic
windows, 12-pane first-floor windows each side of timber mullion-
and-transom 3-light stair window, similar 2-light window below,
French window to right and porch arch to left. Similar arch to left
with 12-pane sash over, and a further single-storey arched
projection to east, open to north, with timber oriel to south and,
to east, an ornate timber door surround, probably re-used, with
Corinthian pilasters and hood on scrolled brackets. Old
illustrations show this doorcase in position of the oriel. West
front has centre bay built out c1859, side bays with original
fenestration and hipped dormers. Basement has ovolo-moulded
mullion windows. South front has full-height basement and right
bay built out c1859, the other two with original fenestration and
hipped dormers. Basement has ovolo-moulded arched stone doorway
with studded plank door and one 3-light ovolo-moulded mullion
window.
Interior: panelled staircase on north side. Ground floor north-
east room has thick glazing bars of early C18 type to windows.
South-west room has fine raised moulded panelling of c1700.
Several fireplaces have large and ornate surrounds apparently made
up in the C19 from four poster beds, one in south-east projection
has delicate Renaissance portrait heads in relief. House is said
to be dated 1489 on roof lead, in possession of the Grubbe family
from the mid C15. Thomas Hunt-Grubbe is recorded as having put
the house into order in 1772. Old illustrations show a steeper
stone slate roof, said to have been altered c1830.

Listing NGR: ST9935257977

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26562968

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover