Description

ELLOUGHTON MILL LANE SE 9427 -9527 (south side) 9/87 Castle House - II House, and stables now incorporated into the house. 1886 in late Gothick style. Stucco with leaded roof. Main block of 2 storeys, square in plan with advanced 2 storey central part to main front flanked by similar height octagonal corner towers. To rear single storey section with smaller octagonal corner towers. Main front has stone steps to central moulded segmental doorcase with decorated spandrels and returned hood mould. Glazed panelled door with enclosed porch. Immediately to either side of porch thin lancets and beyond to other side segmental arched sashes. Towers have similar smaller windows. Continuous sill stringcourse. Porch has stringcourse with stepped central panel above the door, and 2 shields above again. First floor sill stringcourse. First floor with similar windows as those below except for small segmental headed sashes above the door. Eaves stringcourse to porch with stepped, castellated parapets above with central porch dated '1886'. Side bays with large bracketed cornice and castellated parapets. Towers with similar arrangement set higher above mock cross arrow windows. All windows with returned hood moulds. Other elevations with similar windows and parapets. Corniced and castellated stacks to rear wall of main blcok and rear block. Corbelled turrets of similar design to rear corners of main block. Interior has original Tudor style staircase with richly decorated newel posts. Doorcases to ground floor with colonetted jambs and castellated cornices. Ceiling with plaster-work panels. See Victoria County History.

Listing NGR: SE9415127741

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