Banisters

FINCHAMPSTEAD FLEET HILL SU 76 SE 12/9 (north side) 26.1.67 Banisters G.V. II* Farmhouse, now large house. C16, altered C17, early C19 and mid C20. Part timber framed, part brick; old tile roof. The original timber framed house was U-plan with wings running north; one bay was added at the west end in 1683, and the south front and gables to east and west were faced with brickwork. 2 storeys and attic. The south part:- is brick and has plinth, first floor string, dentil string over first floor windows and a band of raised brickwork below eaves; coped gable ends; One C19 chimney right of centre on ridge. 5 bays, large segmental headed 3-light leaded casement windows in wood frames; projecting central porch with string over first floor windows carried round and hipped roof. On the ground floor is a 3-centred arched opening, moulded brick springers and key-block, flanked by brick pilasters with caps, and above the first floor is a semi-circular 3-light moulded and mullioned oriel window with flat lead roof and ogee brick base with date stone at foot. The east and west gable ends have one bay of casement windows, the west end attic blocked under drip mould of half round bricks, the ground floor window at this end has an early C19 Gothic cusped light. North front:- Outer original timber framed gables with the space between filled in early C19 by section with 2 smaller gables and a C20 gable to the right of these with late C20 casements and panelled garden door with glass hood over. Interior:- Large beams chamfered with plain stops on ground floor, and a late C17 staircase with barley sugar balustrade. V.C.H. Vol.III p.242. B.O.E. (Berkshire) p.144.

Listing NGR: SU7763463087