Description

REIGATE
TQ 2651 GATTON ROAD

7/10005 Nos.48-52
(Quarry Hill)

II

Large house, now divided into 3. Built in 1865 by architects Field
and Hilton. Gothic style. Built of Reigate stone with Bath stone
dressings. Tiled roof with bands of plain and pointed tiles. 3 tall
clustered ribbed brick chimneystacks. Asymmetrical building of 2
storeys and attics 5 windows, No.52 being a former billiard room, part
of same build but given an extra storey in 1960s. Left part of main
wing (No.50) is set back with gab;ed dormer with cambered sash window
and 2 foliate gargoyles. 1st floor window is 3-light mullioned and
transomed casement with stained glass brought in by current owner.
Ground floor has 2 light window and doorcase with plain spandrels.
No.48 has to left a projecting gable with stone finial. 2nd floor
cambered sash with gargoyles. 1st floor has 4 light mullioned and
transomed window and similar 5 light window to ground floor. To the
right is a recessed section of 2 bays with two 2 light sashes to 1st
floor and 3 light mullioned and transomed window to ground floor.
Doorcase in angle with gargoyles. Fanlight of 3 trefoils and doorcase
with spandrels of roses one side and shamrocks the other, 6 chamfered
panels to doors. End bay is projecting with rosettes to cornice and
4 cambered sashes to 1st floor. Blank shields between floors and 4
light mullioned and transomed window to ground floor. To the extreme
right is a most unusual contemporary stone and glazed conservatory
with cambered sides divided by colonnettes with foliate capitals and
wood and glass roof: No.52, the former billiard room, has stone ground
floor with 6 light canted bays. 1st floor is c1960, tile hung with
3 C20 dormers. Rear elevation includes 2 projecting wings and tall
mullioned staircase window. C20 flat roofed extension to rear of
No.52. Interior of No.52 includes staircase with 2 turned balusters
to each tread, panelling and fireplace with eared architraves. The
former billiard room (part of No.48) has panelling, splayed windowseat
and alcove with chimneybreast.

Listing NGR: TQ2614051666

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26551417

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