Hillcrest is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1994. House. 1 related planning application.
Hillcrest
- WRENN ID
- fallen-oriel-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1994
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
IPSWICH
TM1545 PAGET ROAD 642-0/6/10032 (West side) No.27 Hillcrest
GV II
House. 1877, converted to 5 flats in 1965. White brick under slate roof. Facade is a 4-window range. 2 storeys and dormer attic. Doorway in third bay: 4-panelled door with a stuccoed surround consisting of fluted pilasters rising to foliated consoles supporting hood; curvilinear fanlight with foliated spandrels. Two 6/6 horned sashes to ground floor (that to left of entrance with external shutters) and a tripartite sash immediately to left of doorway, all under gauged skewback arches. String course between floors. Four 6/6 horned sashes with gauged skewback arches and external shutters to first floor. Hipped roof carrying 3 decorated stacks. To front are 3 pedimented dormers with glazed cheeks and casements. Rear elevation of 3 storeys and dormer attic. 2 large canted bays dominate, fitted with 1/1 horned sashes to ground floor, and 6/6 horned sashes to upper floor. One pedimented dormer with casements and glazed cheeks. INTERIOR: staircase blocked from entrance hall and now reached from door in north return: cast-iron balusters with bifurcating scrolls and waterleaf nibs; ramped and wreathed handrail terminating in heavy newel posts. Rear north room (ground floor) with large-framed panelling and Corinthian modillion cornice. Rear south room with re-used material inserted at construction: 2 early C16 bridging beams with ribbon and vine-trail carving and double ogee stops; small-framed early C17 panelling on all walls; mid C17 stone fireplace with decorated jambs and a mantel carved with Mannerist figures, lions' heads and foliage trails, all in low relief. Mid C17 timber chimneypiece composed of a pair of reeded and fluted pilasters rising to an overmantel with 5 panels, the centre one arched. Above pilasters are 2 nude female half-figures carved in high relief, one either side. Continuous arcading to top rail and cornice. (Edward White: Map of Ipswich, Chief Town and Port in the County of Suffolk: Ipswich: 1867-).
Listing NGR: TM1564145477
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