The Brewhouse And East Pavilion At Heath Hall

SE 3519 and SE 3520 6/65

WARMFIELD-CUM-HEATH HEATH COMMON (north side) The Brewhouse and East Pavilion at Heath Hall

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GV I The original brewhouse and laundry to Heath Hall (q.v.), now 2 dwellings. c1753 by John Carr for John Smyth, restored and converted 1982-84 to designs by Dickinson England (Wakefield). Hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings, stone slate roof. Classical. H-shaped. 2 storeys. 7 x 5 bay symmetrical facades. Quoins. Continuous plinth and sill bands. North-west facade, facing Heath Hall (q.v.): central 3 bays break forward and have tall semicircular-arched entrance with massive parabolic-arched vault leading through to rear; continuous impost band; windows have 12-pane sashes with 6-pane sashes above, flanking bays have a sash window with plaque above; pedimented gable with dentils surmounted by clock tower with engaged Tuscan columns to corners and circular recess for clock with arched cornice, the whole topped by circular open rotunda with Tuscan columns and bell-shaped cap surmounted by ball finial. Bays 2 and 6 each have sash windows with plain stone surrounds (originally blind). Outer projecting bays each have a recessed archway in which is set a similar sash window to each floor. Dentil cornice entirely restored c1984 to the Brewhouse. Hipped roof. 2 ridge stacks, c1984 copies of the original stacks on the West pavilion. Rear similarly fenestrated but with semicircular-arched niches in bays 3 and 5 to ground floor the voussoirs aligned to the courses. Right-hand return fronts the Common, has central 3 bays breaking forward under pedimented gable, and niches with plaques above either side of recessed archway in which are sash windows the same as outer 2 bays with plain stone surrounds.

Interiors remodelled largely with new roof structure.

Listing NGR: SE3559320155