Munden House

TL 10 SW ALDENHAM MUNDEN

2/38 Munden House -

GV II

Country House. 1787-95 for R.S.Parker, remodelled 1828 for G.Hibbert. Altered 1851 by R.Geldham, altered 1887. Red brick, extended in stock brick. Stone dressings, some rendering. Slate hipped roofs. 2 storey C18 block wrapped in Gothic Revival additions. 3 bay front of 1828. Central bay projects forward with large 6-light casements: chamfered surrounds, central stone mullion, ovolo moulded timber mullions and transom, diamond glazed upper panes. Carved frieze between storeys. First floor dripstone. Parapet above string course, stone coping, pinnacles. Former entrance to right in what is now a low quadrant outshut. Flanking bays project less: 4 light casements, moulded stone cornice to right. 3 bargeboarded gabled dormers. Ridge stacks flank central bay. To right: small first floor oriel in link to 1 bay addition of 1851. Ground floor long porch/vestibule projects forward with entrance to front: plank door with a pointed arch, square hood mould and carved spandrels. Quatrefoil over entrance and Arms in relief in low gabled parapet. Angle buttresses to 3 bay returns: small casements with leaded panes, carved frieze. First floor canted bay, 4 centred arched lights with leaded panes, ogee roof, Gothic ornament above. Left return of 1828. 2 bays, that towards front projects with 5-light casements. Towards rear a 4-light window below a 3-light window. 2 dormers and central ridge stack. Garden front: 3 builds evident. To centre 3 late C18 red brick bays refenestrated in 1828 with 3-light windows as at front. Staircase window over an entrance to left. Coped parapet over stone cornice. 3 dormers. To right 1828 build projects forward. Stock brick with cement rendered canted bay. To left 1887 projecting addition, red brick, details follow 1828 model. Attached to right from front is 2-storey service wing and further 2 and 1 storey later additions. Interior: well-preserved Victorian features. Formal garden to S. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL1360000200