Description

SE 90 SW MANTON CLEATHAM

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- Cleatham Hall

6.11.67

GV II

House. 1855, possibly by J M Hooker of Tunbridge Wells, with C18 or earlier
origins and C20 additions. Earlier sections of coursed limestone rubble.
C19 sections in brick; rendered throughout. C20 extension in yellow brick.
Slate and lead roof, brick stacks. Classical Revival style. 2 storeys,
5 bays 2:1:2. Plinth. Rusticated full-height pilasters with central
channel define central entrance bay and angles. Flight of 5 stone steps to
panelled door in reveal beneath recessed rectangular panel and carved
consoles supporting projecting hood with moulded cornice returned as string-
course. Flanked by jamb lights. Sash windows to side bays in raised
surrounds with moulded cornices and flat hoods on carved consoles. Door and
ground floor windows have wooden blind boxes. Moulded first floor string-
course on brackets. First floor: central tripartite arched sash window and
pairs of sashes in raised surrounds with recessed rectangular panels beneath
and segmental pediments With moulded cornices on carved consoles above.
Frieze with panels above pilasters, triglyphs and modillions supporting
heavy moulded cornice and parapet above. Right return, forming garden
front, has similar full height pilasters, first floor string, entablature
and cornice, full height canted bay to right with angle pilasters flanking
the sashes, and single ground and first floor tripartite sashes to left with
shouldered architraves. C19 interior survives virtually complete, and
includes a fine geometrical staircase with stone steps, slender cast-iron
balusters, wall-niches, moulded cornice and domed stair light; plaster
cornices and ceiling roses in ground floor rooms, and panelled doors, window
shutters and dado, grained in 1889. N J Pevsner and R Harris, The Buildings
of England: Lincolnshire, 1978, p 311.

Listing NGR: SE9334501647

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Cleatham Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26363416

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)