Friars

BRENTWOOD

TQ69SW BRENTWOOD ROAD, Herongate 723-1/9/176 (North East side) 20/02/76 No.192 Friars

GV II

House. Early C19. Gault brick in Flemish bond, roofed with slate. Rectangular plan facing SE, with 2 internal stacks at each side. C19 single-storey extension to left, and C20 conservatory beyond. Early C19 service wing to right, set back from front, small 2-storey lean-to extension to rear of it, and single-storey ancillary range to rear of that. Original or early C19 full-width verandah to front of main range. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Ground floor, 2 original sashes of 8+8 lights with shallow segmental brick arches. First floor, 3 similar sashes. Central 6-panel door with semi-elliptical brick arch and fanlight with cast-iron geometrical tracery. The lean-to verandah has cast-iron Gothic stanchions of quatrefoil section, perforated cast-iron brackets, and a glass roof. Paired brackets below eaves. Hipped roof. Symmetrical elevation. The left wing has a similar sash and a concave parapet sweeping up to meet the main range. The right wing has one similar sash on each floor, and a hipped roof. The left elevation of the main range has on the ground floor one small window with a semicircular arch, and on the first floor a replacement or inserted sash of 4 lights with segmental arch. The right elevation has one early C19 sash of 8+8 lights with segmental arch on each floor, a flush 4-panel door with semi-elliptical arch and blank spandrel, and 2 C19 casements in the ancillary range. The rear elevation has on the ground floor 2 original sashes of 8+8 lights with segmental arches, one C20 casement in an original aperture, one C20 glazed door in an original aperture, and one more in an altered window aperture, both with segmental arches, and on the first floor 2 similar sashes. INTERIOR: has 4-panel doors with panelled jambs, original plaster ceiling cornices in the entrance hall and front ground-floor rooms, and an original straight stair with turned newel, stick balusters, open string, and walnut handrail. White marble fireplace in front left room on ground floor.

Listing NGR: TQ6311690986