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Hurst House

A Grade II Listed Building in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2858 / 52°17'8"N

Longitude: -1.7828 / 1°46'58"W

OS Eastings: 414912

OS Northings: 265315

OS Grid: SP149653

Mapcode National: GBR 4KK.L3S

Mapcode Global: VH9ZY.1TV3

Plus Code: 9C4W76P8+8V

Entry Name: Hurst House

Listing Date: 2 August 1972

Last Amended: 18 January 2000

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1382389

English Heritage Legacy ID: 482773

ID on this website: 101382389

Location: Henley-in-Arden, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, B95

County: Warwickshire

District: Stratford-on-Avon

Civil Parish: Henley-in-Arden

Built-Up Area: Henley-In-Arden

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Beaudesert St Nicholas

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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Description



HENLEY-IN-ARDEN

SP1465 STRATFORD ROAD
652-1/11/120 (West side (off))
02/08/72 Hurst House
(Formerly Listed as:
HENLEY-IN-ARDEN
Hurst House)

GV II

House. c1820 with later additions to rear. Stuccoed brick;
hipped Welsh slate roof with rendered brick return lateral
stack. Central staircase plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. Wide eaves
with paired brackets. Elliptical-headed entrance has C20 porch
with slender fluted columns and wide plain frieze; fanlight
with radial glazing bars to paired 3-panel doors in moulded
frame. Windows have sills and 8/8 sashes.
Returns similar, rear wing with smaller sashed windows and
modillioned brick cornice; left return has 2 off-set
buttresses to right end; cross-wing to left end with details
as to front.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: the house was in use by 1850 as a private lunatic
asylum in association with Ardenhurst House (qv), one of a
number of such asylums in the town.
(Cooper: Henley-in-Arden: 98-9).


Listing NGR: SP1491265315

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