Heath House

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SO 37 NW LEINTWARDINE -

1/52 Heath House 11.6.59

- II*

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Country house. Circa 1660 for John Edwards, son in law of Richard Heath; altered in C18, C19 and C20. English bond red brick with moulded brick plinth and string. Tiled hipped roof with coved eaves cornice. Large external brick lateral stacks with tall square shafts. PLAN: U-shaped plan, the wings at rear (N). The first phase of the 1660 house comprised the hall and two rooms in the east wing which was extended to the north, a stairhall added behind the hall and the west wing built soon after 1660; the west wing replacing the earlier house of Richard Heath which was demolished. Alterations to the fenestration and other changes in C18, C19 and C20. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, attics and cellar. Asymmetrical 8 bay south front, moulded string removed and flat rubbed brick window arches with C20 12-pane sashes. Resited stone doorway to left of centre with tapered pilasters, cornice, ball finials, pediment and panelled door. Seven cambered top dormers. East and west sides have large lateral stacks, without string courses, 12-pane sashes, 2 cross mullion transom windows on ground floor of east side and same moulded brick cornices. 2:4:2 window north elevation, intact stringcourse and cornices. C19/20 cross mullion transom windows,large central stair window, doorway to right of centre and window above with balustrade apron. INTERIOR: Many good interior features including C17 and other C18, C19 and C20 chimneypieces, cornices and coffered ceilings and C17 bolection panelling; the elaborate panelling on first floor SE room is possibly C19. Fine C17 double stair behind hall, the west part constructed from the reused parts of the reconstructed second stage to the attics. Tie beam and collar roof trusses with queen struts and trenched purlins. SOURCES: RCHME's reports 1932 and 1992. Buildings of England, Herefordshire p.223. Blount's manuscript of 1677, Hereford Record Office.

SO 37 NE LEINTWARDINE CP -

1/52 Heath House

11.6.59

- II*

Country house. Probably c1660 with C18 and later alterations. Brick, hipped tiled roof with brick end and side stacks. U-plan with wings extend- ing northwards. Cellar, two storeys and attic. South front: English bond with moulded brick plinth. Eight windows, glazing bar sashes set slightly irregularly. Ground floor windows have gauged brick heads. Dormers with cambered heads and 2-light casements. Entry in third bay from left has C17 sandstone surround with a pair of tapered fluted pilasters. Pediment and ball finials to projecting cornice above pilasters. Six-panelled oak door with raised and fielded panels. Fragments of moulded brick string interrupted by window heads. Deep coved moulded eaves cornice in wood and plaster. West elevation has three large end stacks. North elevation has two windows to each wing. Cross-casements and dormers. Large 3-light window to centre between floor levels. Moulded floating cornice and interrupted strings. Interior noted as having C17 staircase and panelling to north side of centre part. RCHM notes several c1700 features. (BoE, p 223; RCHM, Vol III, p 108).

Listing NGR: SO3830676524

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Sources

Books and journals
Inventory of Herefordshire II East, (1932)
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, (1963), 223

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