Description

EPSOM 1. 1086 CHURCH STREET (West Side) No 14 (The Cedars) TQ 2160 30/20 10.4.54. II* GV

2. Late C17-early C18. Two storeys with central three storey "tower" of stock brick. Wings of stock brick with red brick dressings, 3 sashes, plain pilasters to angles, tall parapets ramped up to ball finials. "Tower" has central pilasters, carved brackets, open pediment enclosing shield of arms crest of Mysters of Charterhouse Square, London, builder of the house. Door of six fielded panels. 1st floor of tower with 3 sashes and cill on brackets, the outer windows narrow. Band between storeys, 2nd floor has semi-circular window in three parts, bracketed sill and ornamental keystone. Cornice, blocking course and ball finials. Interior: hall has plaster cornice, marble floor and staircase with turned balusters. South ground floor room has plaster panelling and ceiling with Rococo designs including 4 portrait medallians. Wooden chimney piece with pedimented shelf, Rococo carving on frieze and festoons of flowers on pilasters. Overmantel with mirror set in scrolled and shouldered architrave. Ornamental cast iron fire back. Doorway with reeded pilasters, cornice and Arms of Mysters over, surrounded by festoon of fruit. South back room with panelled plaster ceiling containing heads of the Four Seasons. North back room has panelled ceiling. Two bedrooms on garden front with panelling. Good joinery throughout. The Cedars, built by a Lord Mayor of German extraction, was the home of Mary Moffatt, who married Dr Livingstone from here.

Nos 14 to 24 (even), Nos 24A, 24B. Outhouse to north of No 18 and the Old King's Head Public House form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ2121660598

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