The Haven

SJ 63 SW MORETON SAY C.P. MORETONWOOD

8/111 The Haven II

Estate lodge. Dated 1875, probably by William Eden Nesfield. Timber framed with plastered infill panels on red brick plinth. Tile-hung gables and plain tile roof, hipped to left. Irregular T-plan. One storey and attic. Chamfered plinth and coved eaves. Globe finials - at apex of hip and gables. Brick ridge stack at junction of 2 ranges and external lateral brick stack to rear, each consisting of a pair of star-shaped shafts with oversailing tops. Right-hand gabled wing has ground-floor canted bay with 2-:3-:2- light wooden mullioned and transomed window, jettied attic with roll-moulded bressumer and end brackets, attic oriel consisting of 3-light wooden mullioned and transomed window with hipped roof and coved base with shaped end brackets, and jettied gable with a series of small brackets supporting a roll-moulded tie-beam and wall plates with shaped eaves. Lower bressumer dated: "JP & AM / 1875". Left-hand range with small 2-light attic casement beneath eaves to right and ground-floor 3-light mullioned and transomed window to left. Boarded door in angle of wing to right with roll- moulded surround and lean-to timber framed porch consisting of polygonal- arched entrance,chamfered arched braces with carved spandrels, carved bracket supporting wall plate to left, and 4 ogee-headed side lights. Left-hand gable end: full-height gabled square bay with 1-:4-:1- light mullioned and transomed ground-floor window, slightly jettied attic with roll-moulded bressumer and small brackets, 4-light mullioned and transomed attic window and shaped brackets supporting wall plates. Right-hand return front: pair of raking dormers with C20 two-light casements. C20 additions at rear. Interior not inspected. Nesfield designed Cloverley Hall (see Ightfield C.P.) nearby,built in 1864-70 but now demolished. This lodge and Pool Cottage (q.v.) are attributed to him on stylistic grounds. B.o.E., p.107; Jill Franklin, The Gentleman's Country House and its Plan 1835-1914, p.211.

Listing NGR: SJ6252234990