Hartswood House

Hartswood House is a house dating from the mid-19th century, with later 19th-century and 20th-century alterations. It is located on Hartswood Road in Warley, Brentwood. The house is constructed of brick, with the front and half of one side featuring a flint pebble facing, red brick dressings, and a slate roof. Central and south gable stacks rise from the roof. The building is rectangular, originally a single block, with a later 19th-century addition creating a double-pile form, and 20th-century single-story additions to the north and south.

The west-facing front elevation has pitched pebbles framed by brick quoins and a mid-height string course. It features three segment-headed windows with horned sashes and 4x4 panes. A central, pillared porch with a flat hood shelters a 20th-century front door, which has upper glazing with glazing bars (5x3 panes) and lower flush panels. A 20th-century red brick addition to the north has a slate roof and a casement window with glazing bars (2x3 panes). A matching 20th-century addition to the south, also with a slate roof and pebble facing, has a segment-headed sash window with glazing bars (4x4 panes). The rear, east-facing elevation includes a late 19th-century block in red brick with a central stack. There are 20th-century additions to the northeast, rounding onto the north and east sides, and a set-back addition to the south. The ground floor of the main range is partially obscured by the northeast addition. The south side has three matching 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars (3x3 panes) on the ground floor and two 19th-century segment-headed sash windows with glazing bars (4x4 panes) on the first floor. The northeast addition incorporates a boarded stable door and casement windows with glazing bars (4x3 and 2x3 panes). The south end elevation has two plain, barge-boarded gable ends of 19th-century construction separated by a straight joint, largely obscured by a 20th-century addition. The west block has pebble facing and a central brick stack. A segment-headed window to the rear of the stack has been truncated and partially blocked to accommodate the 20th-century addition; it now contains a narrow 20th-century 2-light casement. The late 19th-century block has a segment-headed window with glazing bars (4x4 panes) on the first floor. A gable end of the 20th-century addition has pebble facing, red brick dressings and a bargeboard, and incorporates a projecting central flat-roofed bay window of five plain casement lights. The north end elevation distinctly shows the two 19th-century blocks, the older to the west with pebble facing and a mid-height string course, and the later to the east in red brick with simple bargeboards, separated by a straight joint. A 20th-century casement window with glazing bars (4x3 panes) is located on the ground floor of the east block, while a simple 20th-century top-opening casement window is found on the first floor of the west block. The 20th-century northeast addition has a gable end with bargeboards and wall facing of pebble courses and red brick quoins. The interior is described as plain.