Description

SU 87NW ST NICHOLAS HURST WALTHAM ROAD
(north side)

3/1 Stanlake Park
26.1.67
GV II

Large country house. Late C16 with some C18 and later alterations. Brick with
projecting plinth, moulded stone string over ground and first floor windows,
moulded stone copings to gables and parapets between, ball finials to gables,
tile roof with lead ridges, tall brick chimneys with moulded bases and heads,
all with octagonal shafts except central stack which has rectangular shafts.
2 storeys and attic.North front:3 bay central section with gable over
central bay, large ground and first floor windows with mullions and transoms,
central C19 brick porch incorporates old stone doorway with panel over.
Gabled dormers over outer bays of central section.Flanking central section are
gabled bays each with 6-light stone mullioned and transomed attic windows, and
2 storey angular bays below with similar windows except on ground floor which
has C19 alterations.All lights are C19. South front:- Generally similar but
has projecting centre with large C18 angular bay 2 storeys, and modern
projecting ground floor extensions on each side.Some other windows on this
front altered to C18 sashes.
VCH Vol.111. p.249. B.O.E.Berkshire p.210.

Listing NGR: SU8008475280

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599414

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)