Strattons Hotel

SWAFFHAM

TF8109 ASH CLOSE 809-1/5/1 (North side (off)) 17/01/73 No.4 Stratton's Hotel (Formerly Listed as: ASH CLOSE No.4 The Farmhouse)

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House. Mid C18 with c1890 house attached at east end. Original block of red brick and pantiled roof (slate to rear). Addition to east of red brick under machine-tiled roof. EXTERIOR: single storey and dormer attic on basement. 5-window range. Central bay projects under a gable. 4-, 2- and 3-light C20 basement windows. Central late C20 double-leaf doors flanked by one small late C20 window either side, reached by flight of stone steps to right and left with square-section wrought-iron railings. Steps have central roundel with keyblocks lighting basement. Diocletian window in gable head, with keyblocks, beneath a painted sundial face. Main first floor with an outer Venetian window either side, fitted with 1/1 unhorned sashes and 2 further 1/1 simple sashes. Gabled roof. 2 gabled dormers fitted with 1/1 unhorned sashes. Internal gable-end stacks west and east. 2-storey addition to east; irregular 4-window range. C20 door to left; three 1/1 horned sashes to right and 4 further 1/1 horned sashes to first floor. Hipped roof with gable over centre of facade containing a Diocletian window. Stacks on side slopes. INTERIOR: C18 range with C18 cornices to principal rooms and C19 fireplaces. C19 staircase with bobbin-turned balusters and ramped handrail. C19 range with splat balusters to closed-string staircase, panelled newels with ball finials.

Listing NGR: TF8188009123