Description

SWINE SWINE ROAD TA 13 NW (west side, off) 5/40 Benningholme Hall - II House. 1820-30 for Robert Harrison, with later additions and alterations including late C20 range to left of no special interest. Gault brick with orange brick and ashlar dressings, Welsh slate roof. Double range plan. Main block of 2 storeys, 5 bays with recessed 2-storey single-bay range to left and further two C20 bays of no special interest. Ashlar plinth. Central entrance a 6-fielded-panel door between margin lights below segmental fanlight with decorative glazing under Ionic portico with paired columns, paterae frieze, cornice and blocking course. Further entrance to recessed left bay a part-glazed door and overlight with vertical glazing bars under flat arch of gauged brick. 12-pane sashes with margin lights throughout, all with ashlar sills and under flat arches of gauged orange brick, those to ground floor within elliptically arched recesses, the arches of rubbed orange brick. First-floor ashlar sill band. Overhanging eaves. Hipped roof, side stacks. Garden facade: 2 storeys, 6 bays. Entrances to second and sixth bays are part-glazed doors, that to second with blocked overlight and in pilastered surround with frieze and modillion hood. Entrance to sixth bay with overlight. First and fourth bays are bowed to full height with curved sash windows, with decorative glazing, otherwise casement windows, some with similar decorative glazing. All below flat brick arches. Ornate cast-iron verandah. Interior. Modillion cornice to entrance hall. 6-fielded-panel doors, some in moulded architraves. Some marble fireplaces. Shutters to some windows.

Listing NGR: TA1267838741

External Links

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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