Somerton House is a Grade II listed building in the Bracknell Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1972. House. 6 related planning applications.
Somerton House
- WRENN ID
- fallen-bastion-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1972
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
WINKFIELD
SU97SW FOREST ROAD 674-1/13/238 (North side) 20/12/72 Somerton House
II
Large house. Early C18, re-fronted and extended early C19. MATERIALS: painted render, slate, hipped roof. PLAN: former central staircase plan of 3 bays now extended on north and east. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics, with plinth, cornice and parapet. 3 flat roof dormers. 3 chimneys with corniced heads and clay pots. Sash windows with glazing bars, recessed in plain reveals. Entrance front, south, 3-bay window, slightly projecting section of early house with prostyle Doric porch in centre, with half-glazed door. 2-bay extension on right. C20 wooden conservatory on left of 6-bays with hipped, glazed roof. INTERIOR: dog-leg staircase with wreathed handrail and bobbin balusters. Decorative plaster ceiling over staircase and landing, enriched with guilloche ornament. C18 marble chimneypieces in dining room, sitting room and study. Chimneypiece in the dining room has console brackets to moulded cornice, frieze with black marble panels flanking carved centre panel. Chimneypiece in sitting room has beaded surround and frieze with paterae corner blocks and plain mantel shelf. Chimneypiece in study has moulded mantel shelf and frieze carved with scroll and floral decoration, supported by 2 pilasters with female heads.
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