Description

HUGHENDEN HUNTS HILL LANE
SU 89 NE
(NAPHILL)
4/93 Naphill House
-

- II

House, at one time used as workhouse. Dated 1761, altered late
C19-early C20. Red and vitreous brick, hipped old tile roof, brick
chimneys. Double pile. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. Flint and
brick plinth with moulded coping, first floor band course with
modillions, moulded brick eaves. C19-C20 3-light mullion and
transom windows in enlarged openings, those to ground floor with flat
brick arches. Central flush panelled door with C19-C20 semi-circular
fanlight and pedimented brick surround. Band course is broken upwards
over pediment. Other sides are similar but more irregular, with small
central closet windows, some blocked. Right side has C19-C20 canted bay
window; left side has band course pitched up into triangle to centre,
and C20 flat-roofed extension. Interior: good original fireplace with
shouldered and stepped architrave, and pulvinated frieze in rear
right room; shallow niches with semi-circular arched heads and shaped
imposts above other fireplaces, the front right room having 2 larger
niches containing ovals with raised heart motifs; staircase with roll-
moulded handrail; painted initials MWI in front right room.

Listing NGR: SU8529496548

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26616916

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]