St Ibbs Bush

ST IPPOLLITTS LONDON ROAD TL 12 NE (West side) St. Ibbs

3/51 St. Ibbs Bush 27.5.68

GV II

House. C18, altered and extended 1818 for Sir Francis Willis. Grounds extended 1820 over disused Quaker graveyard to S. House traditionally said to have served formerly as meeting house. Red brick in Flemish-bond and red rubbed flat arches. Hipped roofs of red tile. Slate roofs to link on S and to stable block. A large 2-storeys and attics house set back from road on a rise facing E with a double-pile plan and projecting wings. Tall rectangular coach house block linked by lower stable to SE corner. Lower rectangular service block attached to N with twin hipped roofs. Symmetrical E front with 2 box dormers behind parapet to recessed centre. Shaped brackets to plastered soffit of wide eaves all round. 3 windows wide front with sash windows, small panes. Triple sashes of 2/2: 6/6:2/2 panes. Central entrance with wide segmental arched head over fanlight, narrow side-light and moulded 6-panels door up 2 moulded stone steps. Reeded frame with corner blocks. Narrow single-light window in angle on each floor. (Inf Mrs. Rance).

Listing NGR: TL1950726631