Rooks Nest House Howards

1. 5257 WESTON ROAD

Howards TL 22 NW 4/156

I

2. C17 or earlier, refronted C18. Main structure timber framed. Front wall red brick with some grey headers. Old tiled roof with 2 gabled lattice casement dormers. 2 storeys and attics; 1st floor 3 casement windows with glazing bars under cambered arches; ground floor 1 similar casement, French window on left, canted bay window on rignt. Large central chimneystack. Interior : ground floor bressummer to wide fireplace, timber framework exposed in some rooms, C18 fielded panelled doors. The original of the house in E M Forster's. novel 'Howards End' which describes the architecture and the countryside setting. Often visited by Forster. Graded I for historic interest and literary associations.

Howards shall be amended to read Rooks Nest House (Howards)

Listing NGR: TL2443826721