Description

1.
5186 GERVIS ROAD
(South Side)
No 9
(Earl's Court)
SZ 0991 20/177 31.1.75.

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Polychromatic Gothic villa, circa 1865, 3 storeys and basement, grey brick with
red brick bands and voussoirs. Half-hipped gables with thick traceried bargeboards
and moulded brick cornices. Half-hipped porch canopy at north-west corner on
chamfered timber brackets, staircase up to vestibule lit by 2-light windows
with stone Geometrical tracery. Straight-headed 4-light window to hall, next
to it tall arched 4-light staircase window with Geometrical tracery. Projecting
north-east wing closing forecourt. Garden front (south) dominated by off-centre
polygonal bay with steeply gabled dormers in hipped roof. Chimneys with end
stacks turned diagonally and vertical strips of red brick. Built in 1874 by
the first Earl Cairns who was Lord Chancellor in Disraeli's Governments of 1867-8
and 1874-80. He occupied the house until his death in 1885. Included for historical
reasons.

Listing NGR: SZ0991991224

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26445756

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)