Westbere House

Description

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

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5273 WESTBERE WESTBERE LANE (north side)

Westbere House TR 1961 33/660 29.9.52

II* GV

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An L-shaped house of circa 1800. Two storeys and attics painted brick the ground floor covered with wistaria and other climbing plants. Mansarded slate roof with 3 dormers and parapet. Enriched frieze with swags. Five sashes with glazing bars intact. The first floor windows have Venetian shutters.

Doorcase up 2 steps with engaged Ionic dolumns, enriched frieze, pediments, elliptical fanlight and double doors of 6 moulded and fielded panels. The east and west fronts are splayed and the west front has 2 bays of 3 windows on both ground and first floors. The interior contains C18 marble fireplaces and staircase with 2 twisted balusters to each tread. The house was at one time owned by the writer Joseph Conrad.

Listing NGR: TR1925461036

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1605 IOE Records taken by Martin Poole; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Martin Poole. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project