Details
TR 14 SE ACRISE
4/1 Acrise Place
27.8.52 and Acrise Court
GV II *
Country house, now house pair. C16, circa 1677, and circa 1791-94,
restored in 1950s and 1987. North elevation C16 brick in English bond,
to most of elevation, with stone or rendered dressings and with traces
of diaper work and areas of superimposed tuck pointing. South elevation
red brick in a Flemish-type bond, also with vestiges of tuck pointing.
East end buff brick. Plain tile roofs. Two parallel ranges; C16 north-
facing range, and south-facing south range of circa 1677, extending
further to west, and altered 1791-94. Two storeys and attics, south
range taller than north. North elevation: moulded rendered plinth.
C18 modillioned wooden eaves cornice, continued round bay windows and
porch. Roof, which returns north from east end of south range, is
hipped down to north range roof. West end gabled, with gable-end stack.
Skylight over stairwell to west of centre. Four flat-roofed dormers
with sash windows. Irregular fenestration of 7 mullioned windows; one
two-storey canted brick bay to east end with four-light window with side
lights and with hoodmould, one three-light window with hoodmould, one
two-light without hoodmould to first floor of porch, then two three-
light and one two-light without hoodmoulds, and a canted brick bay
formed in late C18 from an earlier chimney brest, fenestrated in
imitation of left canted bay. Ground-floor windows similar, but taller
and each with one transom. First-floor windows formerly transomed,
now each with horizontal glazing bar; ground-floor windows formerly had
three transoms each. Two-storey brick porch to east of centre, with
stone or painted quoins, flat roof, and plain-chamfered four-centred-
arched outer doorway with squared hoodmould. Graffiti dates and
initials, including 1598, 1620 and 1649. Half-glazed and panelled
inner door. Lead rainwater hopper. South elevation: moulded rendered
plinth. Rendered plat band. Unrendered hollow-chamfered string-course
above first-floor windows. Ionic-modillioned wooden eaves cornice.
Hipped roof. Several rear stacks. Five late C18 flat-roofed dormers
with sashes. Regular late C18 eleven-window front of recessed nine-
pane sashes with thin glazing bars, and stone-like moulded and corniced
architraves and plain consoles. Similar, twelve-pane, ground-floor
sashes. Half-glazed double doors with moulded wooden architrave and
moulded cornice, under fifth window from right. Porch spanning door
and one window each side, breaking forwards over door, on wooden Ionic
columns, with moulded and finely-dentilled cornice, flat roof, and
black and white marble floor. Lead rainwater hoppers. East end:
gable ends of both ranges concealed by two conjoined two-storey late-
C18 bows, on low stone plinth, with plain plat band and moulded (but
unmodillioned) cornice. Each bow has three twelve-pane first-floor
sashes similar to those of south elevation, and three early-C20 ground-
floor French doors. West end: short, narrow red brick wing in
Flemish bond running south from west elevation of south range, and
extant by late C18; two storeys and attic, with plinth, plat band to
each storey, cornice to east side continued from main range, gabled
roof with south end stack, and two recessed twelve-pane attic sashes
to gable end. Late C18 wing, replacing a timber-framed range, set back
and running west from west gable end of north range; red and grey brick
in Flemish bond, with plain tile roof. 2 storeys and attic. Plat band.
Roof hipped to west. Two flat-roofed dormers. Regular 6-window front
of twelve-pane sashes in open boxes, with cambered heads and splayed
rubbed brick voussoirs. Interior: south range: largely late-C18
decoration. Semi-elliptical entrance hall with parquet floor, and
cantilevered geometrical staircase with moulded cheeks, stick balusters
formerly linked, and wreathed rail with star inlay. Husked borders to
ground-floor ceiling, enriched plinth to landing balusters, and
moulded and modillioned first-floor cornice. Two round-headed
Adamesque recesses to rear (north) wall on first floor, that to east
containing secret curved door. Circular relief of festooned nymphs
to rear wall. Ground-floor room to east has enriched panelling,
festooned frieze, finely-dentilled cornice and florettes to ceiling
frieze. Festooned urn in light relief over fireplace. White marble
fireplace with nymphs and cupids. West ground-floor room has fluted
frieze with florettes, guilloche ceiling frieze, C18 fireplace, and
glazed library shelves. Narrow west end room has eared and enriched
fireplace. Moulded and enriched first-floor cornices and skirting-
boards. Panelled doors, principal doors with corniced architraves.
Panelled window-shutters. North range: enriched frieze and eared
fireplace to east first-floor room. Eared fireplace, panelled dado
and moulded cornice to west first-floor room. C18 attic fireplaces.
Internal first-floor door with semi-circular fanlight with radiating
glazing bars. Built by Hamon family in C16. Acquired by Papillon
family in 1666 and owned by them, except 1861-1950, until mid 1980s.
See also Item4/2(Country Life 8th and 15th August 1957. J. Newman,
Buildings of England Series, North-east and East Kent, 1983 edn.)
Listing NGR: TR1932642194
