Stable Building To The Hermitage The Hermitage

1. 4411 FORTY HILL (North-west Side) 19.3.51. The Hermitage Stable building to The Hermitage TQ 3398 3/143

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1. Late C17 or early C18 house of 2 storeys and attic, 6 windows. High pitched hipped tiled roof with 3 dormers. Wood modillion eaves cornice. Dark red brick with lst floor band. Gauged brick arches to sash windows with glazing bars in exposed moulded frames. Later blind cases. Near-central doorcase has rusticated pilasters, entablature and dentilled cornice hood broken back in centre. Date 1704 on North end. Inside all the rooms of the front part have original panelling with dado rail; there is a staircase with thick turned balusters and closed string; and all back rooms have C17 square panelling. At back left a timber-framed weatherboarded stable building of 2 storeys and attic, 2 windows. Steep tiled roof. Pointed windows above, stable doors below.

Nos 70 to 76 (even) form a group with The Hermitage and Stable Building attached and its forecourt walls.

Listing NGR: TQ3353098244