Description

MOOR LANE 1. 5390 Staines Duncroft House (formerly listed under Vicarage Road) TQ 07 SW 3/121 8.4.81 II

2. Main section appears early C18, enlarged 1893 (see date) in Jacobean style (see dated rainwater head 1621). Main section: 2 storeys, rendered with plaster panels below windows, stone cornice and balustraded parapet. Concealed hipped roof. Two shaped lead rainwater heads. Seven windows, glazing bar sashes with pulvinated friezes to first floor and keys to ground floor. Central Tudor or Jacobean style classical porch (probably of the 1920s), and glazed doors with 3 centred fanlight. Interior: fine panelled stair-hall with dado and cornice (latter seems 1770s in style) and with good staircase, 3 balusters, some twisted, per tread, cut and carved string. The 2 front ground floor rooms are lavishly panelled and have enriched skirting, dado, cornice and surrounds to openings, the right hand room has an "Adam- style" ceiling. Two and a half storey brick rendered and tiled wing of circa 1893 to right. Two storey rendered wing to left, dated 1893, of 2 bays with a full height bow to left. West wing circa 1893 in mid C17 style. Two and a half storeys with mullion and transom windows and labels. Two gables for dormers, 2 storey tower porch, small central gable, coped gable ends with diagonally set chimneys. See RCHM Middlesex p 112.

Listing NGR: TQ0311272015

External Links

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