The Hatherings

The Hatherings is a house dating from 1910, designed by P H Currey of Currey & Thompson, who built it for himself. It is constructed in the Arts and Crafts style, with brick, largely covered in roughcast, and a plain tile roof. The building features two massive brick ridge stacks and an external gable stack with diamond plan shafts. It is two storeys high and has an irregular plan and elevations.

The main garden front comprises four bays. A projecting gabled bay is on the left, with a bulge in the roof pitch creating a curved outline. The ground floor of this bay has a two-light casement window with square-pane leaded lights. Above it is a similar three-light window, with the centre light wider and a shallow arch, reminiscent of a Venetian window. An arrow slit window is in the gable. To the right of the gabled bay is a lean-to verandah and a four-light casement window. A similar four-light window is above it. Further to the right is a full-height gabled canted bay with a window to each floor. The upper window forms a continuous glazed band with the window to the left. To the right again, the roof descends to a lower point, with only a three-light ground floor window.

The entrance elevation has three gables. The left-hand gable slopes down more on its left side than its right. There are two single-light windows on the ground floor, a two-light window above, and another two-light window in the gable. A recessed entrance bay is to the right, featuring a two-light window, a round-arched entrance with a glazed grid door, and a lean-to roof above. A gabled dormer with a four-light window sits above the entrance bay. A projecting bay to the right has an external stack flanked by single-light windows to the upper floor. All windows feature leaded lights and Arts and Crafts wrought ironwork.

The interior is virtually unaltered. The hall has a large inglenook with a plain stone fireplace featuring joggle-jointed lintel, stained panelling and a decorative plaster frieze. It is reminiscent of a medieval open hall, complete with a screen’s entrance and a dais at the upper end with a bay window. The drawing room has a coved cornice and a tiled fireplace with a wooden surround. Oak doors have wrought iron latches. The dining room has a tiled fireplace with an eared surround. The staircase has widely spaced splat balusters. The bedrooms feature a variety of tiled fireplaces in plain, chamfered wooden surrounds.