Glen Chess

A large house, built in 1848 for H. Ingram of Loudwater Mill and the 'Illustrated London News, now divided into eight dwellings. The house is constructed of yellow brick with white brick and stone dressings, and has a slate hipped roof. It is three storeys high, with a basement and attic, and has a five-bay front. Steps lead to a projecting stone porch, now glazed and featuring Doric pilasters, a modillioned cornice, and chamfered corners. The windows on the ground floor are round-headed sashes with keyed gauged brick arches and chamfered surrounds, with cast-iron railings. A moulded stone string course and sill band runs along the front, with a central tripartite window and flanking windows, which are smaller than those on the ground floor. The second floor has 20th-century casements. The brickwork below the moulded stone cornice is panelled and banded. White brick defines the quoins and window surrounds. The roof has three dormers with moulded round heads. The returns to either side of the main front are similar in design. To the right are three segmental-headed openings in the basement, one with a 20th-century glazed porch and one blocked. To the left, there is a 20th-century glazed projection.

A large rear block, set back slightly, forms a "T" shape on the plan. It has three-bay returns and a two-bay rear elevation facing the garden. A continuous verandah runs along the ground floor, featuring elaborate ornamental ironwork and a coved roof. Two bays facing the garden have a round-headed window on the first floor and square windows on the second floor. The returns on the rear block incorporate six segmental arches opening the basement, a ground floor verandah, round-headed sashes on the first floor and two-light casements on the second floor. Several stacks are on the rear block, with blind arcaded shafts, oversailing caps, and continuous stone cornices. A 20th-century projection extends from the rear right side. The interior has not been inspected.