Description

SO 84 SE EARL'S CROOME EARL'S CROOME

3/51 Earl's Croome Court

11.8.52

- II

Large house. Early C17 timber-frame and painted brick, altered in C19. 2
storey and attic with modern plain tile roofs and three rebuilt ornamental
brick stacks. Main West front 3 window range with projecting gabled wings and
large dormer gable to centre. Blue lias rubble stone base. Close-studded
framing with lower tension braces to wings, timbers almost entirely renewed.
Centre with 2 bands of ornamental quadrant framed panels to lst floor.
Windows in ovolo moulded frames, 3-light casement to centre attic gable. 5
light mullion-and-transom windows elsewhere. Window frames apparently renewed
in C19. Modern central gabled porch. South front: C19 roughcast, 3 gables
with moulded bargebaords and windows under hood-moulds, 2 light attic case-
ments, 3 light mullion and transom windows elsewhere. East side, painted
brick, 2 gables, windows with gauged brick heads. Large central mullion and
2-transom stair light. Interior: 2 rooms to ground floor with altered C17
panelling. Stair hall with C18 Gothic frieze, ceiling border and central oval
panel.

Listing NGR: SO8689342026

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26589699

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Recommended Books

• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  For the Record
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)