Description

TL 4218 MUCH HADHAM KETTLE GREEN ROAD
(north side)
Kettle Green

14/21 Moor Place

22.2.67

- I

Country house. Built 1775-9 by Robert Mitchell for James Brebner
Gordon. The estate was held by the More family in the C15 and a
large Elizabethan house was built E of present one by the Dalton
family in late C16. Moore Place is a substantial, square, red
brick house with stone dressings and hipped tile roof. 2 storeys
with attics over a basement. A stone balustraded parapet is
carried round the whole building with bracketed cornice below.
The E and W fronts are 5 windows with Ground and 1st floor 6/6
sash windows. The E Ground floor windows have stone surrounds;
those of the W front are in shallow recessed arches with stone
dressings. This is the entrance front with central, Adam style
door beneath rectangular fan with radiating glazing bars, and
flanked by narrow side lights with small half pilasters. In the
arched recess above the door is the Gordon coat of arms dated
1779. The basement is more prominent on the E garden front where
the central door has stone surround and rectangular fan with
elegant oval motif. The door is approached by quadrant steps
with vase patterned wrought iron railings. Large S extension in
Georgian revival by Ernest Newton, 1909, of 2 storeys. Red
brick, green slate roof, prominent wooden modillion eaves
cornice: Ground and 1st floor 6/6 sash windows with folding
louvred shutters. 8 window, E elevation has 1st floor,
plastered, canted, window bay on S, a central door with deep,
bracketed hood, and a 4 bay corner loggia with brick piers and
dentil cornice. There is a 3 bay, open arch loggia on the S side
and the L shaped W elevation has Ground floor recessed arches
imitating those of the main house. On the N side of the house is
a plain, single storey service wing by R Norman Shaw, 1888.
Excellent Adam style interior. Central, flagged staircase hall,
top lit by dome and with 3 flights leading to 1st floor landing
with Ionic column screens in segmental arches on E and N sides,
and blank pilaster screens on other walls. Wrought iron, vase
patterned balustrading with anthemion and swag motifs. Rich
cornicing, door surrounds and marble fireplaces to all principal
rooms. Early C19 bookcases in library. (Pevsner (1977) 277;
RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL4215318918

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Moor Place at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17528972

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability