Description

1.
5018 HARLINGTON ROAD
(West Side)
COLHAM GREEN
Moorcroft
TQ 0781 26/159
II GV
2.
Now an old people's home and special school.
Large rambling mansion of different periods. The original house is a 3-storey
7-bay early C18 building of brick, now painted. Brick bands at 1st and 2nd
floors. Stone frieze, cornice and blocking course. Upper floor may be later.
Sash windows with glazing bars in box frames, those on 1st and 2nd floor under
shallow segmental brick arches. Modern central door flanked by half-columns
but entablature missing. To west of this a 3-Storey, 4-bay early-mid C19 wing
of painted brick with hipped slate roof. Segmental brick arches to sash windows
with glazing bars. Further similar large additions on west front which is
of 5 sections in different planes, 12 windows in all. The 2nd and 4th sections
have parapets and the 4th is of 2 storeys only. Doric porch in 2nd section.
Similar wing to east of old block; and to south-east a 2-storey, stuccoed Victorian
wing of 6 irregular bays with hipped slate roof.

Moorcroft, the Wall to South, House to North-East, Stable and Coachhouse to
North and Vine Cottage form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ0767781618

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26354716

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House