88, 90, 92, WROXHAM ROAD

This building, now three separate houses at 88, 90, and 92 Wroxham Road, was originally one large house known as Sprowston Court. It was constructed around 1914 by Oswald P Milne for Mr Hartcup. Milne designed the house in a literal Neo-Georgian style inspired by approximately 1714, drawing influence from Sir Reginald Blomfield, his former teacher, rather than the contemporary work of Edwin Lutyens. The building is constructed of specially made red brick with red and orange brick dressings, some black headers, all manufactured in Belgium. The roofs are covered in black smut pantiles. The design is an H-plan, with an additional service wing to the east. The house is two storeys high with attics.

The main entrance front has a central five-bay section with two-bay wings that project forward to complete the H-plan. The central section features four arched windows on the ground floor and five sash windows with glazing bars on the first floor. The central bay is slightly advanced. The doorcase has half columns and an open pediment bearing a coat of arms and swags; the window above has a rubbed brick apron with swags. A wooden modillion eaves cornice is arranged as a segmental pediment. The north wing has two ground-floor and two first-floor sash windows with glazing bars, while the south wing has first-floor sash windows, with a single-storey addition on the ground floor. The roof is recessed, with hipped roofs on the wings, each incorporating a single casement dormer. The central section has three dormers with hipped roofs and tiles. There are one main ridge stack and two subsidiary stacks on each wing.

The garden front, facing south, has a three-bay centre, a doorcase, and two three-sided canted bowed bays with parapets. All windows are sash windows with glazing bars. An addition is located at the north end. The south front mirrors the entrance front in design, with a three-bay centre and two-bay wings. The service wing to the east has a brick porch and additional doorcase on its north face. Further details are documented in "Who's Who in Architecture 1914" on page 155 and in "Country Life" on 14 February 1928, pages 215-217.