Middlefield And Garden Wall

Middlefield is a house built in 1908 by the architect Edwin Lutyens for the legal scholar Henry Bond. It is a small, narrow structure made of red brick, featuring large hipped roofs that are tiled and have deep eaves, with part of the south side being boarded. The guttering is decorated with acorn finials. The house has three tall internal stalks, with the outer ones having recessed center panels and all topped with moulded stone cornices.

The design has a symmetrical plan consisting of a single range, with lower flanking wings that project as crosswings on the north side, and adjoining service wings to the east. The building has two storeys and an attic. The north elevation features two hipped dormers on either side of a segmental dormer, all fitted with leaded lights. There is a range of flush frame hung sashes with half round moulded glazing bars and open boxing. The central doorway is pedimented and has a doorcase with pilasters and a pulvinated frieze. Above the doorway is a larger hung sash with a swept surround and flanking pilasters.

The crosswings are distinguished by a moulded brick band and bulls eye windows with leaded lights. On the south side, which faces the garden, there are two two-storey canted bays flanking three similar hung sashes, with the ground floor windows set in segmental arches. The roof has three hipped dormers, flanked by original oval glazed panels. Each wing has one tripartite hung sash on each storey, except for the right-hand wing, which features a loggia.

Adjoining the house to the east is an original garden wall, shaped and consisting of three bays with part red brick piers and tiled coping. The interior retains most of its original details, including the fireplace surrounds on the ground floor and the staircase, which has turned balusters and a large single twisted column as a stair pillar.