Higham Hall

SP 39 NE HIGHAM-ON-THE-HILL BARR LANE

9/16 Higham Hall

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Country House. 1900-2 by Harry Quick for C.H. Morris. Red brick with sand stone dressings and plain tile roofs. Brick triple and quadruple ridge stacks to left and right of centre and at left end. South front: 2 storeys with continuous drip mould over ground floor, and bracketed gutter at eaves level. Irregular fenestration: 4 windows to ground floor and 7 to first floor, all mullioned and transomed casements with ovolo-mouldings and square lead lattice upper lights. Gabled slight projections to left and to right of centre with gabled semi-dormer to right. 2-storey canted bay window on right hand projection and two further bays to left, that at extreme left square, and one to right. Small entrance to right of extreme left bay. Entrance bay: 2 storeys with 3 in central square tower with crenellated cornice. 3 window front: ovolo-moulded transomed and mullioned windows. Central pointed arched entrance with double order of shafting, before half-glazed double doors with panelled side-lights. Interior: Adam style drawing room. Hall with oak panelling in Jacobean style. Gallery with stair leading up in bay at south end.

Listing NGR: SP3841295361