The Pantiles

Details

The following building shall be added to the list:-

TM 45 NE ALDRINGHAM CUM THORPE


7/10000 The Pantiles


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House. 1909 by Cecil H Lay. Flint cobbles, red brick, tiles and some stone quoins. Pantile
hipped roofs with lean-tos. Lateral stacks with tall brick shafts, some with brick arch cowls.
Plan: Square on plan with verandah on SE front, entrance on SW side and lean-to outshut and
outhouses around small service yard at rear NW. Domestic Revival Style. Exterior 2 storeys
and attic. NE side 3 ground floor windows, right hand 2-light casement in outshut, centre and
left 3-light casements with zigzag brickwork in semi-circular tympana. 1-light casements above
with brick panel between under stack. NW rear: main roof continued down over outshut on
left incorporating small single-storey outbuilding with integral porch on round corner pier to
small rear service yard; canted bay on right with zigzag brick in tympanum. Rising from main
roof above is squat tower in rat-trap brick bond with pyramidal roof with wrought-iron
weathervane, circular window and integral stacks. SW entrance side lateral stack at centre with
pantile set-off at base, wrought-iron snake-shape tie end, integral porch on left and window on
right with tile tympanum with tall thin keystone and tilted brick verges and tumbling to lean-to
on right. Roof of tower is continued down on SE garden front through 2 storeys and attic to
verandah (now glazed) on ground floor and outshut on left; first floor and attic windows
recessed in roof, attic with doorway and side-lights to balcony. All casements with glazing bars.
Interior: Many original features survive including open-well staircase with stick balusters and
carved owl finial to newel; pointed arch brick niche in hall; fireplace with tile arch and shell
spandrels with flowers made of oyster petals, and shelf supported on fretwork brackets in shape
of birds. Some geometric pattern inscribed plaster and diagonally boarded doors with ornate
wrought-iron hinges. SOURCE: Architectural Review January 1923.


Listing NGR: TM4553159767

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Sources

Books and journals
Architectural Review in January, (1923)

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