Warren Close (Including Attached Arch And Walls)

Warren Close, originally a gate lodge, was built between 1881 and 1882 by George Devey. The house is constructed of red brick featuring a dark brick diaper pattern, with some areas of painted brickwork and roughcast gables. It has plain tile roofs and includes a polygonal tower that has been truncated and painted, with a gateway attached to the right. The main range has a gabled crosswing and a curving curtain wall that extends to the left, forming a garden wall.

The building is two storeys high. To the right, there is a four-centred arch with chamfered brickwork and a moulded parapet. Adjacent to this is a replaced plank and muntin door with a glazed panel beneath a four-centred arch and brick hoodmould. There is a small 9-pane leaded window to the left, with a similar window on the adjacent face. A square paned leaded window with a top-hung light is located at the angle. The left side features a ground floor leaded window. The return to the main roof is tile hung.

The two-storey range, also in brick with diaper patterning, has two ground-floor leaded 3-light casements beneath segmental arches, with a similar dormer casement above it, featuring a flat roof. A buttress supports the base of a tall stack. To the left, the upper storey is pebbledash rendered and supported on a chamfered timber bracket, with a moulded fascia, dentilled barge-boards, and a 3-light leaded casement. The stack rises prominently at the angle of the gable and main range.

There are three attached shafts with moulded brick neding and bands, topped with tall pots. To the left, the curving curtain wall has a dentilled brick cornice at the parapet and partly sweeps down to a lower level to form the garden wall. The diaper brickwork is visible except where it has been repaired. The higher section features a two-light window beneath a segmental arch, masking the hipped roof of the range at the rear.

Warren Close and Gable Cottage stand on either side of the former entrance to Coombe Warren, which was built in 1870 for Bertram Wodehouse Currie MP and demolished in 1926. Together, they create a picturesque group and are noted as charming examples of Devey's exceptional skill in designing estate cottages.