Description

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SS9745 BIRCHAM ROAD, Alcombe
900-1/4/121 (South side)
04/07/52 Alcombe House Hotel, including
Mulberry Cottage, and attached wall
to left
(Formerly Listed as:
BIRCHAM ROAD, Alcombe
(South side)
Nos.1-5 (Consecutive)
The Terrace and Alcombe House)

GV II

House to left end of, and at a right-angle to, The Terrace
(qv). Late C18. Render over rubblestone, hipped slate roof
with 2 brick stacks to rear. 2-unit plan with central
stairhall and C19 wing to the left.
3 storeys with attic and basement; symmetrical 3-window range.
Forward frames to 3/6-pane sash windows to the second floor
and 6/6 panes to the rest. Large late C19 canted bays flank a
classical-style doorcase with broken pediment and ornamented
fanlight to a 6-panel door with raised and fielded panels.
Parapet to facade and bays. Alcombe House terminates the left
end of The Terrace (qv); Alcombe Hall (qv) terminates it to
the right.
The mid C19 two-storey wing to the rear left, now Mulberry
Cottage, has a variety of windows including four tripartite
sashes.
INTERIOR: The ground floor retains 6-panel doors and
architraves. An open well, open-string staircase extends to
the attic, it has stick balusters, fretted ends, a swept
mahogany rail and turned newels. The upper floors have late
C19 four-panel doors and some late C19 fireplaces. The
basement is stone-flagged with steps and a door to the C19
service wing.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a rubblestone wall approx 4m high and 40m
long is attached to the rear left of the left wing.

Listing NGR: SS9777845103

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26568947

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