Description

The following building shall be added to the list:

EPSOM HOOK ROAD
TQ 2062
(east side, off)
20/309 Limewood Villa at St
Ebba's Hospital
GV
II

Hospital villa accommodation. 1901, by Clifford Smith for London County Council;
altered. Red brick; plain tile roof. Half-butterfly plan, the 2 wings forming a
"V" and having a short central wing to rear. One storey with attics to ends and
centre; 7-bay wings meeting at gabled entrance bay. In Arts and Crafts style.
Windows are small-pane sashes some sashes with replacement single-pane glazing,
and have flat brick arches with keystones; doors have vertical glazed panels.
Entrance bay has wide, keyed, segmental archway leading to recessed double-door
with upper part small-paned, small-pane overlight and narrow side-windows; gable
has applied timber studs on brattished bressumer with painted pebble-dashed panels
and 3-light small-pane casement window; barge boards; tile-hung and louvered ridge
cupola with ogee cap and finial. Wings: bay nearest centre projects and 3rd bay
also, as a canted bay window; glass-roofed verandah between the 2 projections,
covering doorway, with another doorway nearer end; moulded wooden gutter; raised
verges with moulded ashlar kneelers and ashlar coping; corniced brick stack to
each, wing flanking centre, in front roof pitch. Rear: in same style having wing
with hipped roof, and tall stacks rising from near eaves. Small late C20 block
to right of wing not of special interest. Lime Villa was one of the 8 original
villas at this, the first villa-type institution for epileptics in England, and
together with Thorn Villa and Walnut Villa (q.q.v) it forms a group around the
cricket ground.

Listing NGR: TQ2029862600

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26566516

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas