Description

KENTCHURCH CP PONTRILAS SO 32 NE 4/28 Pontrilas Court 29.9.52 GV II*

House. Mid- and late C17 with C18 and mid- to late C19 alterations. Sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, C20 tiled roof. Main range aligned south-west/north-east with service wing adjoining to north- east end and extending to north-west forming an L-plan; projecting porch to left of centre of main range to north-west front; two gable-end stacks and rear lateral stack to main range, axial stack to service wing. Two storeys, attics and cellars. North-west front: string course, one gable to left with 2-light mullioned window, 5-light mullioned and transomed window with decorative glazing below to first floor, pair of similar 4-light mullioned and transomed windows to ground floor, two similar gables with 2-light mullioned windows to right and with similar 5-light mullioned and transomed windows with decorative glazing to first floor; two similar 4-light windows to ground floor placed together immediately to the right of the projecting two-storey and attic porch with a 2-light mullioned window in the gable and a 3-light mullioned and transomed window with decorative glazing to the tirst floor. Chamfered semi-circular headed doorway with moulded responds, battended door. South-west face of service wing to left with two 2-light glazing bar casement windows and 3-light mullioned and transomed windows with glazing bar casements to ground floor. The rear of the main range is altered but retains some 2- light mullioned windows in attic gables with leaded casements. Interior retains fine moulded ceiling beams with intersecting beams in former hall and room to right. There are also some sections of contemporary plain rectangular panelling remaining in the hall. The fireplace has a wooden surround decorated with guilloche ornament but has been extensively restored. The room to the left of the hall has a plastered ceiling with geometrical designs. On the first floor is a possibly re-sited section of beam with guilloche ornament and a shaped pendant. (RCHM, Vol I, p 155; BoE, p 272).

Listing NGR: SO3957327496

External Links

• Pontrilas Court at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17537512

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