Hareton House

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

BLACKMORE

TL6001 CHURCH STREET 723-1/15/6 (West side) 20/02/76 Hareton House (Formerly Listed as: BRENTWOOD CHURCH STREET, Blackmore (West side) Hareton House)

GV II

House. Late C18, altered in C19 and C20. Red brick in Flemish bond, with ashlared stucco and paint at front, roof concealed by parapet. The main range forms an almost rectangular plan facing E, but extending slightly further to the back in the left half, with an internal stack at each end. C19 and C20 extension to left. C20 single-storey lean-to to rear of this and left part of main range, roofed with machine-made red clay tiles. EXTERIOR: 4-window range of C20 casements in original apertures, and blocked window aperture above door. Moulded 6-panel door with plain overlight placed centrally in combined elevation. Restored moulded portico on 2 wooden fluted Ionic columns, repaired and restored 1987, with restored bases and original capitals. One stone step, wrought-iron bootscraper behind left column. The elevation of the original build is of ashlar plaster, with a moulded cornice and plain parapet. Gambrel roof with parapet gables. The left extension is painted on the front only, with a plain parapet. Mansard roof.

The right elevation is plastered. The left elevation has on the ground floor one original sash of 8+8 lights with segmental brick arches, the latter covered with perforated zinc on apparently original horizontal iron bars. First floor, two C20 sashes of 6+6 lights with plain brick heads. Plaster band as at front; plain parapet. The rear elevation has on the ground floor one original sash of 8+8 lights with segmental brick arch, and three C20 French windows in early C19 apertures. A short stub wall at the N end retains the profile of a former early C19 verandah with tented canopy, and marks on the brickwork indicate the profile at the other end. INTERIOR: retains 3 sets of early C19 folding shutters inside the French windows, several 6-panel doors, and an early C19 stair with mahogany handrail, 2 stick balusters to each tread, turned pine newels and moulded tread ends. This stair appears to have been removed from its original position rising from the front door to its present position against the rear wall in the late C19, at which time the window above the door was blocked, and some ground-floor internal doorways were moved. An early photograph shows the brick left wing as of one storey, with a plain parapet at the level of the sills of the first-floor windows of the main block. The OS First Edition of 1873 shows it as The Vicarage, with a large garden extending to the S, with direct access to the churchyard.

Listing NGR: TL6032001768

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0236 IOE Records taken by R Brealey; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr R. Brealey. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project