The Bower House is a Grade I listed building in the Havering local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1952. House. 13 related planning applications.
The Bower House
- WRENN ID
- iron-baluster-brook
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Havering
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1952
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bower House is a Grade I listed small country house built in 1729 by Henry Flitcroft. It features red brick construction and a Welsh slate roof with a modillion cornice. The house has two storeys and attics. The entrance front is designed with a 1-3-1 arrangement of double-hung sash windows set in reveals with flat arches. There is a slight central projection that includes a doorway framed by an architrave, a pulvinated frieze, and a pediment supported by enriched consoles.
The garden front includes two wings from around 1800, which have canted bay windows. A central doorway leads up steps, flanked by iron railings and surrounded by rusticated Roman Doric pilasters, an entablature with key blocks, and a pediment. Both the entrance and garden fronts feature a central pediment. The interior, described in Country Life on March 17, 1944, was noted for its staircase paintings by Thornhill, which are particularly significant. The Bower House is recognized as Flitcroft's first commission.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 13 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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