Description

TL 81 SE GREAT TOTHAM BROAD STREET GREEN ROAD

4/114 Totham Lodge

- II

House, now a Home for Elderly persons. c.1880. Red brick. Red plain tiled roofs. 3 red brick chimney stacks with attached diagonal shafts, moulded capping and bases. Assymetric plan. 2 storeys and attics. Left hipped 2 storey gabled bay, 2 adjoining gabled bays to right. 1:1:1 bay window ranges of vertically sliding sashes, some of 3 lights, to central bay a first floor oriel with hanging tiles under. First floor moulded brick decorative arches to left and right bays, the latter with tall windows under. There is a red tiled lean-to porch to left of centre bay with stained and leaded lights. Attic 3 light small paned casements to right and centre bays, the latter with striated plain and fish scale hanging tiles. Main red tiled porch to right return, brick plinth and glazed timber frame, glazed double doors. Interior features include square main hall with segmental pointed arched arcade supporting a balcony approached by a grand open well staircase. Moulded ceiling over. 6 panelled doors with reveal panels. Kitchen surround panelled with patera. Stained and leaded windows and similar windows to some doors. Many red tiled floors to ground floor, and much vertical beaded board panelling to walls throughout. Originally the home of Lord and Lady De Crespigny.

Listing NGR: TL8540310385

External Links

• Wikidata Q26404739

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