Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3373 DULWICH COMMON
636-1/15/285 (North side)
27/09/72 Glenlea

II

Villa. 1803. By George Tappen, the College surveyor. Stucco
with low-pitched slate roof behind shallow, battlemented
parapet over moulded cornice and plain frieze.
2 storeys, 5 bays with 1-storey extension to right and
1-storey, 2-bay extension to left with 2-storey, 1-bay wing
behind. Projecting, central 3 bays with ground-floor quadrant
bays to Ionic, tetrastyle portico with frieze, cornice and
pediment. Door flanked by blank, round-arched niches between
pilasters. Sash windows with glazing bars, those to quadrant
bays round-arched, those on 1st floor of central projecting
section with cambered arches. Outer bay to right has
tripartite sash window with console bracketed cornice and
blind box to ground floor; sash window with sill band in
round-arched recess above. Blank windows with cambered arches
to right extension. Outer left bay has sash windows with
cambered arches on both floors. Similar windows to left
extension.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ3337473222

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Glenlea at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26665253

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)