Description

EYNSHAM TANNERS LANE SP4309 (North side) 14/173 Highcroft House

- II

House. Late C18, extended 1907 by Clough Williams Ellis. Squared and coursed limestone with ashlar quoins and dressings; gabled and half-hipped Welsh slate roof; brick left end and rear lateral stacks. L-plan with rear right wing. Late Georgian style, 3 storeys; 3-window range. Stone Tuscan porch: 6-panelled door with overlight. Keyed flat stone arches over 8-pane sashes, 6-pane sashes to centre and early C20 tripartite sash to left of porch. Rear service wing of similar materials has 3-light leaded casements. C20 conservatory to right. Extension to left by Clough Williams Ellis, 1907, in Wrenaissance style. 2-storey 2-window range front and left side have leaded cross windows, round-arched doorway and moulded cornice; hipped roof surmounted by ogee-domed bell cupola. interior: late c18 house has dog-leg staircase with stick balusters, panelled doors, boxed beams, and reeded stone fireplace on first floor; chamfered beams in service wing. 1907 range has reset stained-glass panels and line doorway with cherub's head set over shouldered architrave in ground-floor room.

Listing NGR: SP4363209461

External Links

• Wikidata Q26301020

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)