Description

WEST STAFFORD
SY 78 NW

11/204 Talbothayes Lodge

- II

Detached house, c1890. Designed by Thomas Hardy for his brother and 2
sisters. Brick walls, hipped slate roof with crested ridge. Plastered
stacks with dentil caps, set irregularly. 2 storeys and attic. On main
front, a 2-storeyed porch, right of centre, with hipped roof. Raised panel
door in round arched opening with solid tympanum. Above this, one sash with
glazing bars. Later single storey flat roofed addition left of porch, has
one casement with glazing bars. Right of porch, one sash with glazing bars,
under segmental arch, on each floor. Left of porch, above the flat roofed
addition, one sash with glazing bars at mezzanine level. Left of this one
sash with glazing bars under segmental arch,on each floor. At left end, a
section set back slightly, has one similar sash on each floor. In attic,
one flat roofed dormer with casements with centre horizontal bar.
Internally, cut string stair with turned balusters and spandril brackets.
At rear of stair hall, round arch in square timber frame with pseudo
voussoirs and pilasters. 2 plain round arched openings on upper landing.
Included as one of only two known surviving houses by Thomas Hardy.

Listing NGR: SY7338089599

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26609359

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)