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FACCOMBE
SU 35 NE
NETHERTON
239/2/19
Netherton House
7.1.52 GV II* Large house. Early C18; altered and extended in 1966-7 by Raymond Erith. Brick and tile. Square on plan, with symmetrical treatment of facades. Front (east) of 3 storeys, 2:1:2 windows. Hipped roof, with fully moulded modillion cornice, raised above the slightly projecting centrepiece as a pediment (with blank lunette). Blue header walls with flush red dressings; quoins, rubbed flat arches (cambered to upper windows) 15t and 2nd floor bands, moulded plinth, stone cills. Sashes (thick glazing bars), 3 casements at the top. Doric doorcase with modillion cornice, pulvinated frieze, fluted pilasters against plain ground, panelled reveals and soffit, 8-panelled door above 3 steps. At each side at the ground floor a small wing extends, of 1 window, the parapet wall dropping as a curve. The rear (west) elevation has similar details, of 6 windows, the staircase (2 centre) windows being set at intermediate levels, the upper being taller, and the top round-arched, the lowest on the south side being a doorway with 1h-glazed door. Attached, but projecting forward at the south end is a wing of 1 storey and attic, with a large ground floor room having French windows opening onto the garden. The north and south elevations have similar details, with widely-spaced 3 windows and Flemish bond brickwork; the north side has a (kitchen) extension of 1964, the south side ground floor has an early C19 outshot and a Classical wood splayed bay, by Raymond Erith 1966-7, with an Ionic Order enclosing an arched French door. Inside, the original staircase rises to full height at the rear of the through entrance hall, with dado panelling. Doors and architraves remain, and there are Adams fireplaces (of later insertion). Listing NGR: SU3763457771
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