Description

TL 4250 HARSTON CHURCH STREET
(North Side)
17/124
31.8.62 No 38 (Harston House)
and part of garden wall
GV
II*

House, c.1710 with c.1912 alterations and additions by
T.D. Atkinson, F.R.I.B.A. of Cambridge. Red brick with clunch
dressings and steeply pitched plain tiled roof. Fine moulded
eaves cornice of clunch returned to the side walls, and end
parapets on kneelers. End stacks with recessed panels to each
side. Original plan of main range with rear service wing. Two
storeys and attic. Three hipped formers. Facade flanked by
clasping pilasters in two stages with a moulded band between the
storeys. Range of seven flush frame hung sashes in open boxing
with later hung sashes of twelve panes each. Each of the window
arches has a raised keyblock, also of clunch, gauged brick
arches and rusticated surround, but the centre window over the
doorway has a pulvinated frieze. The doorway and one window at
ground floor have similar gauged brick arches and clunch
keyblock but the soffit of the arches has fine cut brick work.
The rear wing, parallel to the front range either incorporates
part of the c.1710 rear wing or was completely rebuilt c.1912.
Rendered wall on c.1912 brick plinth with low pitch, hipped roof
of slate with wood modillion eaves cornice. There is a large
red brick stack with c.1710 brick work. Two storeys with two
storey canted bay to one end and two cross fame casements,
possibly reset. The rest of the fenestration in this part of
the house is c.1912 hung sashes with narrow glazing bars, except
for two hung sashes in a rear wall which have thicker, ovolo
moulded glazing bars of the early C18. Adjoining at the rear is
a c.1710 service wing of mainly red brick with tiled roof. One
storey. Another, c.1912 extension also by Atkinson is at the
left hand. Red brick with hipped, tiled roof. Two storeys.
Flush frame hung sashes in segment arches with open boxing,
painted white. Adjoining the front of the house is a short
length of garden wall c.1710 and of red brick. It includes two
piers to a garden gateway, also c.1710 with stepped brick
finials. Interior: Plan of two rooms flanking narrower stair
and entry bay. Good, original closed string staircase with
turned balusters and square newels. One room is lined with
panelling in two heights. A former service corridor between the
front range and rear wing has been incorporated in this room and
the panelling has been reset. The single storey rear wing has a
staggered, butt purlin roof. The house belonged to Sir Graham
Greene, uncle of the author, Graham Greene who as a child used
to spend his holidays here.
R.C.H.M: Record card

Listing NGR: TL4224650831

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550757

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  For the Record
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)