Description

STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET CAMBRIDGE ROAD
1.
5222
(north-west side)
Hargrave House
TL 5025 46/901 9.1.76

II

2.
Now in use as the Mary Macarthur Holiday Home, it stands in its own park
and is approached by a drive leading from Cambridge Road. A large late
C19 red brick mansion built by C. R. Pritchett in 1875. (There is a panel
on the west side bearing this date). It was added to in 1880 and 1898.
Built in the "Jacobean" style in red brick with stone dressings. The main
facade faces south with 4 Dutch gables (2 large and 2 small). Three storeys.
Four window range, stone mullioned and transomed windows with double-hung
sashes behind the mullions and transoms, stone dressed with stone square
label moulds. At the west end there is a 2 storeyed canted bay and at
the east end there is a single storeyed bay, both with parapets. The east
and west fronts are of similar design and on the west there is an entrance
porch in the "Gothic" style. On the east side there is a large conservatory
with ornamental glazing bars. It is linked to the main block by a glazed
loggia with 3 semi-circular arches and an ornamental pierced parapet with
finials. Roofs slate, with many elaborate shafted chimney stacks with ornamental
caps.

Listing NGR: TL5097025539

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26563867

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Recommended Books

• 
  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)