Description

TQ 16SW BOROUGH OF ELMBRIDGE CLAREMONT PARK

Esher

5/118 The Close

GV II

Former coach house and stables now Claremont Junior School. Late C18 with C19 and
C20 extensions. Brown brick with red brick and stone dressings, mansard slate roofs
with ridge and end stacks. 1 storey and attic in entrance screen, 2 storeys in wings
and main block of stables built around a central court. Entrance screen: 2 three bay
ranges either side of central arched and pedimented gateway, brick impost mouldings
and guaged bricks to arch. Round arched windows with C20 glazing bars, 3 to right
and left end window lunettes. Main stable block: 7 bays with single bay wings
projecting at either end, angle pilaster piers. Ashlar band to base of parapet with
glazing bar sash windows under cambered heads to first floor. C20 casement windows
across the ground floor. Centre three bays in projecting break with central bay
projecting further under octagonal stone lantern on moulded square pedestal with
iron weathervane and C19 clock face on four sides. C20 double glazed doors under
flat hood to centre of ground floor. C20 extension to rear.

Listing NGR: TQ1358863473

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26281467

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