Forest End House

SANDHURST

SU86SW SCOTLAND HILL 674-1/17/161 (West side) 21/03/75 Nos.1, 2 AND 3 Forest End House

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Large house, now subdivided into 3. Dated 1869 on foundation stone. MATERIALS: part brick in English bond with bands of dark headers, part painted brick, part false timber framing with painted render. Steeply pitched old tile roof with many gables and with bands of fishscale tiles and crested ridge tiles. PLAN: long irregular plan with tower on west. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics. Several tall decorative chimneys with offset heads and clay pots. Casement windows, some with glazing bars and some with arched heads. North-west entrance front is irregular. Brick ground floor, with continuous pent roof over, false timber frame above, decorative balconies and oriel windows. INTERIOR: plain except No.1 which has an interesting interior in Jacobean style. Panelled stair hall with ribbed plaster ceiling, stained windows and dog-leg staircase with arcaded balustrading. Leading off the staircase hall is the drawing room with ornamental plaster ceiling with raised borders and boldly carved chimneypiece with decorative overmantel coved into ceiling. Dining room has overmantel plaster ceiling, moulded ceiling cornice and Adam-style chimneypiece. 4-panelled doors in moulded architraves and cornices throughout.