Description

KEMERTON CP - SO 9436 - 9536 12/76 Upper Court GV II

House. Circa 1760, altered c1800 and mid-C19. Limestone ashlar with plain tiled hipped roof and brick stack to east side of both west and east wings (other stacks now demolished). H-plan. Two storeys, cellar and attic with dormers; chamfered eaves cornice. South front elevation: 2:3:2 bays. Windows are all 12-pane sashes. Central three bays have two ground and three first floor windows, three hipped dormers with 2-light casements and a central entrance which has a moulded cornice, an eared moulded architrave, panelled double doors and a transom light with traceried glazing bars. The west wing has two ground and first floor windows and a hipped-roofed dormer with a 2- light casement. The east wing has an apsidal projection added in c1800 and which has a roof slightly lower in height than the main roof. It has a mod- illion string course between the main storeys and three windows on both storeys. The first floor windows of both wings and also the ground floor window of the apsidal wing have semi-circular heads with traceried glazing bars, and the central windows on both floors of the apsidal wing have moulded architraves, imposts and moulded keyblocks. Interior: the front ground floor room of the west wing has some re-used C17 panelling.

Listing NGR: SO9462636779

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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