Description

SK 23 SW PARISH OF HOON OFF UTTOXETER ROAD
3/30 (North Side)
Hoon Ridge
II

Small country house. 1907. Brick, pebble dashed with plain
tile hipped roof, bell canted with deep overhang. One tiled
gable end to rear. Tall moulded brick stacks, one ridge stack,
one gable stack, three lateral stacks and one in the pitch of
the roof. Two storeys with attics. Irregular H-plan. Almost
symmetrical five bay south elevation with projecting two storey
central porch and projecting end bays. Lower half of the porch
bay in timber, Tudor Style. Double plank doors with overlight
and Tudor arch. Side walls with pseudo-timber framing and
turned balusters above, flanked on each side by 5-light wooden
casement windows with a transom and leaded lights. Projecting
outer bay to left has a similar 4-light window; projecting bay
to right has a 7-light bow window under jettied upper floor.
Upper floor has from left to right a 4-light window with a
transom, a 3-light, a 4-light with a transom, a 5-light and a
4-light with a transom. Two 3-light roof dormers above. West
elevation has a tall two storey entrance porch similar to the
one on the south front but gabled and with the date 1907 in a
cartouche in the gable. 4-light windows with transoms to the
left. Interior has a full height staircase hall to the rear
with an early C18 Style open well staircase with carved tread
ends and three turned balusters per tread. Fireplaces mostly
tiled with plain bolection moulded stone or wood surrounds.
Some art nouveau detailing. Much oak joinery, moulded beams,
and panelled doors with brass fitments.

Listing NGR: SK2334331631

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500643

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