Description

TL 41 SW HUNSDON HARLOW ROAD (A414)
(south side)

2/27 West Terrace walls,
steps and seat at
- Briggens House Hotel
20 metres S of house

GV II

Terrace walls and steps. Circa 1908 for H C Gibbs. Plum brick
with rcessed joints in walls, deeply chamfered stone copings,
stone and moulded stucco seat, York stone paving. Formal lower
terrace to S of house, 80 metres long with seat in recess at .W
end at upper level. 2 flights of 7 semicircular brick steps
project southward, 1 near each end, flanked by low square brick
piers with stone capping set in the long brick retaining wall
with similar capping. Seat modelled in Florentine style with
circular central achievement in the back with motto 'Tenax
roposite'. Possibly part of the same terraced design with the
Portland stone upper terrace and tank attached to the house. An
impressive architectural feature, essential to the setting of the
house.

Listing NGR: TL4136611164

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26631120

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)