Description

FINCHAMPSTEAD FLEET HILL
SU 76 SE
12/9 (north side)
26.1.67 Banisters
G.V. II*
Farmhouse, now large house. C16, altered C17, early C19 and mid C20.
Part timber framed, part brick; old tile roof. The original timber framed
house was U-plan with wings running north; one bay was added at the west end
in 1683, and the south front and gables to east and west were faced with
brickwork. 2 storeys and attic. The south part:- is brick and has plinth,
first floor string, dentil string over first floor windows and a band of
raised brickwork below eaves; coped gable ends; One C19 chimney right of
centre on ridge. 5 bays, large segmental headed 3-light leaded casement
windows in wood frames; projecting central porch with string over first
floor windows carried round and hipped roof. On the ground floor is a
3-centred arched opening, moulded brick springers and key-block, flanked
by brick pilasters with caps, and above the first floor is a semi-circular
3-light moulded and mullioned oriel window with flat lead roof and ogee
brick base with date stone at foot. The east and west gable ends have one
bay of casement windows, the west end attic blocked under drip mould of half
round bricks, the ground floor window at this end has an early C19 Gothic
cusped light. North front:- Outer original timber framed gables with
the space between filled in early C19 by section with 2 smaller gables and
a C20 gable to the right of these with late C20 casements and panelled
garden door with glass hood over. Interior:- Large beams chamfered with
plain stops on ground floor, and a late C17 staircase with barley sugar
balustrade. V.C.H. Vol.III p.242. B.O.E. (Berkshire) p.144.

Listing NGR: SU7763463087

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17547443

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas