Description

STRATFIELD MORTIMER MORTIMER LANE SU 66 NF (east side) 4/15 Mortimer House 14.4.67 II Large house, now a home for old people. Late C18 extended C19 and C20. Brick with vitreous headers, low pitched slate hipped roof of varying heights. Original plan rectangular with extensions to the left and at the rear. 2 storeys and attics. Several chimneys irregularly spaced. Plinth, red brick dressings; cornice and plain parapet with stone coping. South front: 5 bays, sash windows with glazing bars in architrave frames, rubbed brick heads: those on ground floor taller. Central bay slightly projecting with c19OO closed porch with lean-to tiled roof with pair of half glazed entrance doors with stone head. Windows to right of porch replaced early C20 with tall 4-light casement window in square bay with stone coping and flat roof. 2 bay similar wing set back on left, C19 and C20 single bay extensions recessed to left of this. Interior: C18 staircase with iron scrolled balusters, moulded tread ends,string and moulded handrail with inlaid star pattern on wreathing. Domed lantern light with cornice over staircase hall, doorcases in hall on both levels with moulded architraves, panelled linings and carved cornices. 2 Corinthian pilaster arches in principal room on ground floor. An early C17 carved wood overmantel with bead and reel ornament and early C19 firebasket in attic bedroom in C19 extension. B.O.E. (Berkshire) p.229.

Listing NGR: SU6701165136

External Links

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