Description

HOLMEFIELD ROAD
1.
5113
(North Side)
Longwood
Holmefield
SE 1017 26/665
II
2.
Mid C19. Hammer dressed stone. Ashlar dressings. Hipped slate roof. 2 storeys.
Moulded eaves cornice. Rusticated quoins. Two 2-storey canted bays with Tuscan
piers and entablatures on each storey, flanking former front door with eclectic
pilasters and entablature framing door and side lights. Above this paired
round-arched sashes with moulded imposts voussoirs keystone and cornice. South
side has more eclectic Italianite detailing and a 3-storey tower with balustraded
parapet and balconies on long scrolled consoles at 2nd floor level. Tripartite
round-arched staircase window with stained glass sashes (scenes of wild life,
and sporting scenes) projecting in re-entrant angle. One storey quadrant bay
in re-entrant angle of this and main block: parapet of fu-de-siecle appearance
and 3 round-arched windows with stairned glass. Much elaborate joinery and
plasterwork inside, especially staircase with its brass art nouveau torchiere
on lowest newel.

Listing NGR: SE1014817056

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26600341

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Recommended Books

• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  For the Record
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)