16 And 17, Newhall Hill B1

NEWHALL HILL 1. 5104 Hockley B1 Nos 16 and 17 SP 0687 SW 28/14 19.5.75 II GV 2. Circa 1860-70, and perhaps by H R Yeoville Thomason. Blue brick with grey and red dressings, some now painted over, and some stone. Two storeys; symmetrical composition. Ground floor with an arcade of blue brick piers on stone bases, 3 broad stilted segmental arches alternating with 4 narrow round arches; windows and doors inserted asymmetrically. The cornices of the capitals form a quasi- string course with the transoms and doorframes. A deep entablature with modillion cornice forms a sill to the 8 windows of the first floor; 4 narrow round-arched in the centre flanked on either side of 2 broad 4-centred and 2 more narrow round-arched. Medallions in the spandrels. Moulded stone stringcourse marks off the frieze under the main modillion cornice. Decorative parapet with a blind balustrade pattern of grey brick uprights and red brick infill panels.

Listing NGR: SP0617787323