Description

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SO 75 SE
3/121

WICHENFORD CP
Laughern Hill Estate

(Formerly listed as Laughern Hill)

II
House. C18, enlarged early C19 with later alterations and additions. Stucco, slate roof with overhanging eaves, large brick stacks. Two storeys, with dentilled eaves cornice at south-west end. Asymmetric plan.

Main four window range with additions of two and three windows and a pavilion to south west end. All windows have stone sills and all first floor windows are glazing bar sashes. Main part has projecting porch and extension with parapet cornice, in the three window spaces to the right, with a Tuscan doorpiece and, on the right side of it, two plate glass sashes. The two window addition at the south west end has a ground floor glazing bar sash, a six-pane sash and a small casement. The adjoining three window range to the right has two blocked rectangular openings at ground floor level. Beyond is a two window pavilion with a central part-glazed C20 door. Above the two window addition to the main part is an open-sided lantern with ball finial and weathervane. To the rear of the main part are two early C20 canted bays.

Listing NGR: SO7724758919

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26632664

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Recommended Books

• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey