Childwick Bury Manor, Including Former Stable Ranges

TL 11 SW ST MICHAEL HARPENDEN ROAD (west side) CHILDWICK BURY

5/278 Childwick Bury Manor, including former stable 19.9.78 ranges

GV II

Country house. Probably late C17 origin for Joshua Lomax. Altered C18. Redmodelled after 1854 for H. H. Toulman, additions after 1883 for Sir John Blundell Maple. Stucco on brick; polychrome brick c.1860 range on SE side. 2 and 3 storeys. NE (entrance) elevation is a 2-storey 1850s addition to the main block. Deep Doric porte cochere with paired outer columns. Either side are 3-light venetian sash windows. Balustrade. Pediment above porch. Canted billiard room addition on left. NW elevation is 3 storeys with 7 close-set sash windows. Ground floor French windows with entablatures. Either side are canted single storey French window bays. Moulded cornice at 2nd floor level. Banded pilasters to ends of elevation. Balustrades to main cornice and canted bays. SW elevation has the 2-storey c.1860 range attached to return. 3 eaves dormers with relieving arches to casements. 3 tall stacks. Courtyard elevation has the main range of a former late C18 stable group attached to rear of house. Red brick. Plain tile roof. Wood mutuled cornice. Ground floor with loggia of 8 Doric columns,the entablature with paterae and husk swags. Tall clock turret on ridge, an open octagonal turret with large wrought iron weathervane. Cemented quoins to angles of block. 3 sash windows on upper floor. Left and right are low C20 connectng loggias to late C18 formerly free standing side ranges, these altered in late C19, the SW range extended. NE range is better preserved and has central projecting bay with gauged brick arch, vitrified brick end piers and 2 arched windows between. Answering SW block has been heightened and continues in 1-2 storey range with gauged brick arches. Interior of house has, in hall behind porch, late C19 hand-painted Chinese wallpaper. Room behind right hand venetian window is top-lit by dome. Much late C19 detail. (C.L. 19.6.1909, RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL1389210224