Description

SU 84 SW BENTLEY MAIN ROAD

5/4 Northbrook

GV II

Small mansion. Early C19, altered and extended in the mid. C19. Stucco walls and slate roof. Almost a cube, of classical form and details; symmetrical front (south) of 3 storeys, 1.3.1 windows to the 2nd floor, replaced below by 2 storeyed widely splayed bays (of 3 windows) at each side, with a central 1st floor window and former entrance now filled. Low-pitched hipped roof. Shallow parapet thin cornice, raised above the slightly-projecting centrepiece as a pediment, end shallow pilasters, bands at 1st and 2nd floor, plinth; the Victorian bays have parapet, cornice, bands, plinth, cambered heads, and thin architraves. Sashes in reveals. The east elevation is of 4 bays (former windows now plastered), sashes in reveals, a porch at the 3rd bay (probably from the front) has a full Doric Order, with 2 plain columns and pilasters, panelled reveals, and 6-panelled door. The west elevation is plain, with a wide 3-storeyed bay at the north side, of 1 window (French to ground floor) and there is another French window. To the rear are mid C19, service blocks of different dates, now showing 2 gables (of 2 storeys and attic and 2 storeys). Inside, there are features of late Regency and early Victorian style, and indications of substantial changes of the interior lay-out.

Listing NGR: SP7840444673

External Links

• Northbrook at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26589401

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)