Landguard On Hillside To South, Drive Beside Number 90

STATION ROAD 1. 5253 (South Side) Landguard (on hillside to S, drive beside No 90) TL 4854 1504:2/6 II 2. C18 remodelled as a Regency cottage ornée in early C19. Stucco with steep slate roof. Entrance front on N. 2 storey, 3 windows. Central sash window over porch has 6/6 panes. Flanked by sash windows with 10/10 panes. All 1st floor windows have cast iron anthemion and basketwork plant holders to cills. Enclosed gabled porch with scalloped slates, leaded light lancets, Gothic pierced bargeboard, and flanking the door on applied trellis with spearhead pilasters. E end facing approach has faceted hipped roof. Faceted bay with 8/8 panes in sash on 1st floor. Below, a 3 light semicircular pilastrade with 3 glazed openings and continuous curving entablature. Centre opening has French doors. Adjacent along S front a lean-to vine house or conservatory. Higher tower at NW corner with 3 sided oriel with scalloped tile roof on E face. The house of Thomas Rivers in the first half of the C19 when Bonks Hill became house of Thomas Rivers junior. Named 'Hamptons' on OS 25" 1879.

Listing NGR: TL4854015044