Description

TQ 08 NW GERRARDS CROSS EAST COMMON

5/490 Nos 1-5 Hartley Court
(formerly listed as Aged
29.10.71 Pilgrims Home)

- II

Erected in memory of Sir William Alexander, Bart, 1874. In a Tudor style. "Red
brick with blue brick lozenge patterns; tile roofs with pierced ridge tiles.
Central 2-storeyed gabled core connected by short one-storeyed parts to outer
2-storeyed gabled terminal blocks. Brick gabled porches and triangular brick
porches with castellated parapets. Windows with mullions and transoms.
Barge-boarded gables. Elaborate Tudor chimneys. Plaques in each of the gables
reading "Born again made new creatures in Christ Jesus", "Glory to God on high"
and "Even to hoar hairs will I carry you".

Listing NGR: TQ0020888446

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26457487

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)