Melbourne Hall

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SE 74 SE 8/43

MELBOURNE, CAMPEY LANE, Melbourne Hall

(Formerly listed as Melbourne Hall, MELBOURNE)

26.1.67.

GV II

House. c1780-90 with later wings to rear. Red brick in Flemish bond, stone dressings, slate roof. Main font: 2 storeys, 3 bays. Centre bay breaks forward to canted bay with central panelled and glazed door under fanlight with radial glazing in architrave with pediment carried on consoles. Sash windows with sills and glazing bars to right and left under flat gauged brick arches beneath cornices on consoles. Right bay has large 15-pane unequal sash with sill, left bay a sash with glazing bars and sill; both under flat gauged brick arches. First-floor band. First floor: sashes with glazing bars and sills all under gauged brick arches. Moulded eaves cornice, axial stacks, hipped roofs. Left and right elevations each have canted bays at the principal end which therefore project beyond the ends of the main elevation. Rear elevation incorporates the former stable block surmounted by an axial bell-turret with round moulded arches between pilasters, dentilled cornice, and pyramidal roof with ball finial. Interior: most original features survive including a selection of marble fireplaces and a cut-string stair with stick balusters and a slender ramped and wreathed handrail.

Listing NGR: SE7512643235