Description

ST MEWAN
SW 95 SE
4/82 Hembal Manor
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II

House. Mid - late C19, with some later C19 additions and C20 alterations.
Slatestone rubble with granite dressings. Slate roof with ridge tiles and gable
ends. Gable end and axial stacks with stone shafts.
Plan: Asymmetrical double depth plan. The entrance front has a central wing
containing the porch, with principal room to front right and left, of equal size;
there is another principal room to rear right, and a service wing to rear right,
which is returned by a range of outhouses to rear, enclosing a small service
courtyard at the left side to the rear.
Exterior: The entrance front is 2-storey, a symmetrical front with band course and
quoins, 1:1:1 bays with a central gabled wing. All windows are C19 plate-glass
sashes. The central wing has 2-light window with round arches and keystones; at
first floor a gabled wooden oriel with plate-glass windows and breather above. The
right side of the wing has 2-panelled door with overlight. The bay to right has 2-
light round-arched window at ground floor and 2-light window with segmental arch and
first floor, all with keystones. The bay to left has 3-light round-arched window at
ground floor and 3-light window with segmental arch at first floor. The right gable
end has a square gabled bay at ground floor with three round-arched lights; 2
segmental-arched lights at first floor and breather above. Set back to right there
is a 12-pane sash with sidelights and segmental arch at ground floor, 2-light
segmental-arched window at first floor. Set back to right is the lower 2-storey
service wing with band coure and axial stack. The rear gable end of the wing has 16-
pane sash and 4-pane casement at ground floor, C20 window at attic level. The left
end of the main range has external stack, the band course continued. C20 12-pane
window at first floor to left. To left there is a gable over the service range with
C20 porch and C19 12-pane sash at ground floor, late C19 4-pane sash at first floor
and 4-pane sash at first floor. At the rear there is a single storey outshut
enclosing the service yard with casements and C20 door. The inner side of the
service wing has gabled brick porch with inner plank door and two 2-light C19
casements at first floor. The rear of the main range has C20 porch and 2 small
gables, the gable to right with C19 16-pane sash.
Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW9913652513

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26612822

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)