Description

TQ 17 SE ST PETER'S ROAD
(north-east side)
47/453 No. 16 (with attached
terrace and steps to rear)

5.11.90 II

House with attached terrace and steps. 1883. By W H Henley (of the Patent Concrete Building
Company) for T W Hancock. Mass concrete, rendered; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys. 5 bays with
conservatory on left and side-porch on right. Plinth; cill and impost bands. Sash windows with
corbelled sills and moulded heads. Flight of steps with solid balustrade up to entrance on left of bay
2 which has mid-late C20 glazed door, and decorative architrave, original door inside; window
on its right and 2 above. Tripartite windows to left bay, paired windows to bay 4, single windows
to bay 5. Bracketed eaves to oversailing hipped roof with stack at left end and between bays 3 and
4. Conservatory set back on left with steps up to entrance, reeded angle pilasters and decorative
glazing to gable. Side porch added to right side and later garage behind. Rear: two flights of steps
with solid balustrades up to terrace with openwork balustrade. Left half of house has window
flanked by openings with C20 glazed doors and all with shaped decorative panels over; 3 sashes
above. Right bay has canted bay window (C20 glazed door flanked by full-height sashes) with
cornice, blocking course, and decorative iron rail; tripartite window over. To left of bay window,
full-height sash with sash above. Late C20 large flat-roofed dormer not of special interest. Glazed
conservatory on right with decorative glazing bars to gable. Interior: original doors and architraves,
some with broken pediments; dog-leg open-string stair with turned balusters and newels; large
marble fireplace in drawing room; ceiling mouldings. This is an unusual example of a large house
of the C19 built in concrete. C C Stanley, Highlights in the History of Concrete Hounslow
Building Control, No. 300211.

This building was formerly listed in the London Borough of Hounslow.

Listing NGR: TQ1699474862

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27082824

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