Redheath

TQ 09 SE 6/327 1.9.53

SARRATT SARRATT ROAD

(Northeast side) Croxley Green Redheath

II*

Country house, now school. 1712 front range added for C. Finch to a C16 house, now gone. Altered 1743, extended and altered 1866 for H.C. Finch. Further extended in C20. Brown-red brick with lighter red brick dressings. Hipped tiled roof. 9 bays, 1 room deep. 3 storeys. Central 3 bays project slightly. Central entrance: 8 panelled door with rusticated surround, vermiculated blocks on Roman Doric pilasters, richly carved brackets to semi-domed hood. Moulded plinth. Glazing bar sashes in moulded flush frames, gauged brick flat arched heads, those flanking and above entrance scalloped. Cyma reversa plat band over ground floor, Cyma recta floating cornices over central first floor windows. Ovolo plat band over first floor on outer sections. Small 9 pane sashes on second floor, '1712' cut into brick in recessed apron below central window. Eaves cornice. Central cupola on ridge, a C20 replacement of 1743 original. Square drum with moulded cornice, octagonal bell turret with Roman Doric columns to ogee leaded dome with weathervane finial. 3 bay right return, plat bands, altered openings. Ground floor: 2 sashes. First floor, central cross casement, small vertical casement to right, blind opening to left. Second floor: 2 light central and 1 light right casements, blind opening to left. Left return: 2 bays, plat bands, glazing bar sashes, blocked cellar windows. Rear wall has altered openings and brickwork. Ground floor lean-to addition to centre. c19 stacks on rear ridge. 1 storey C19 block to rear left: 3 bays, glazed entrance, flanking sashes, roof hipped to rear. Interior: some original bolection moulded fielded panelling on ground floor, stone fireplace in hall. (VCH 1908: Pevsner 1977: RCHM Typescript). C20 additions not of special interest.

Listing NGR: TQ0662897096