Description

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BRACEBRIDGE HEATH

SK 9667-9767

8/6
The Homestead
23.1.85

GV II

Former Medical Superintendents House, recently used as offices. 1902 by A. E. Gough. In the Italianate style. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, and slate hipped roofs. 5 stone stacks. Flush ashlar quoins, chamfered plinth, ground and first floor cill bands, broad first floor band, and dentilated eaves. 2 storey. West front, 6 bay main block, with slightly projecting central 2 bays topped by a pediment. Round headed doorway and window to the right flanked by Ionic pilasters. To the right 2 plain sashes and to the left a single plain sash and an ashlar canted bay window with 3 plain sashes. Above 2 central plain sashes with moulded surrounds, either side 2 plain sashes. Beyond to left a lower 2 storey service wing, 3 bay with plain sashes. South
front, has a 2 storey stone canted bay window with 3 sashes, to the right a single plain sash and above 2 sashes. East front has irregular fenestration with a Venetian staircase window with ashlar surround. Built as part of St John's Hospital.

Listing NGR: SK9794867807

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26642678

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas