Sycamore House
SYCAMORE HOUSE, 1, NEW ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1317699
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Sycamore House
- Statutory Address:
- SYCAMORE HOUSE, 1, NEW ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1317699
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Sycamore House
- Statutory Address 1:
- SYCAMORE HOUSE, 1, NEW ROAD
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:
- SYCAMORE HOUSE, 1, NEW ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- South Cambridgeshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Over
- National Grid Reference:
- TL3741270005
Details
TL 3770: TL 37 SE
10/111; 4/111
31.8.62
OVER
NEW ROAD
(South West Side)
No. 1 (Sycamore House)
II
House, c.1710 and C19. Narrow pink brick with dressings of finely
gauged red brick to front wall with gault and red brick to side
and rear walls. There is some timber framing in the rear wall.
The C19 parts are of gault brick. Tiled, hipped roof with fine
scroll modillion eaves cornice of wood. Two symmetrical
internal stacks originally with entablature, and a similar
larger stack at junction of front and rear ranges. Plan of main
range to road with rear service wing (mostly rebuilt), forming
an L-plan. Two storeys and attics. Symmetrical elevation of
seven window bays, including three slightly projecting centre
bays. Rusticated quoins and band of chequerboard pattern
brickwork. Similar finely gauged red brickwork to original flat
arches and window surrounds. At first floor one C18 hung sash
remains, the rest are C20 hung sashes of twelve panes each.
They were inserted when the windows were unblocked. Central
doorway with C20 doorcase. Rear range, C18 in origin, but
rebuilt in C19 and roof raised C20. Interior: Plan of hall
with original hearth and staircase turret with original
open-well closed-string five flight staircase. Balusters of
slender twisted barley sugar type and moulded rail. A little
early C18 raised and fielded panelling remains about here.
Abutting inglenook hearths between the kitchen wing and right
hand front room. The one in the kitchen has been rebuilt. The
ground floor, right hand room had stencilled floral pattern
decoration of early C19, a fragment of which has been preserved
in the attic. Roof of tenoned purlins in line, but staggered to
hips.
Listing NGR: TL3741270005
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 50858
- 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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