Holmdale
Holmdale, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1029481
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Holmdale
- Statutory Address:
- Holmdale, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary
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- Reference:
- IOE01/12381/29
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1029481
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Holmdale
- Statutory Address 1:
- Holmdale, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Holmdale, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Surrey
- District:
- Guildford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Shere
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 11073 43800
Details
TQ 14 SW
11/210
SHERE CP
Holmbury St Mary
HOLMBURY HILL ROAD
Holmdale
14.6.67
GV
I
Country house, now divided. 1873 by G.E Street and Son for himself, extended by Barton Webb. Snecked sandstone ashlar to ground floor of most of house and to central tower, decorative timber framing above with red brick infilling, some in herringbone pattern, some rendered infill incised and decorated to entrance porch. Plain tiled roofs under ridge cresting with fishscale tile hung gables. L-shaped with square tower in angle of L. Two storeys with tall ribbed and corbelled stacks on ends and ridge of roofs, stacks to garden front octagonal. Leaded casement fenestration, some wood framed and some stone framed, all with decorative leading in hexagonal and geometric patterns.
Entrance front: principal features include double gabled bays to right hand side with leaded casement windows on each floor. Battlemented tower to re-entrant angle of range with corbelled eaves and irregular stone dressed fenestration. Triple gabled range projecting to left with regular casement fenestration and door to ground floor right. Main entrance to centre in gabled bargeboarded porch with incised rendered floral decoration.
Garden front: two square gabled bays to right with moulded bargeboards and coved bases. Stone dressed mullioned and transomed windows to ground floor breaking through plinth string courses. One first floor casement window to each gabled bay in braced decorative framing. Similar fenestration to centre and left.
Right hand return front: large round bay to left under timber gable. Five stone dressed ground floor lights under trefoil heads. Coved eaves to recessed bay with porch recess on ground floor centre. Three ground floor windows to right and angle bay to right end rising through two storeys with trefoil head lights. Large gabled bay to end.
Interior: panelling and some fittings survive.
Listing NGR: TQ1107343800
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 288477
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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