Haremere Hall

TQ 72 NW ETCHINGHAM HAREMERE HILL

5/18 Haremere Hall

3.8.61 I

The house is of half-hipped plan. The main portion is early C17, the wings added later in C17. 2 storeys, 6 windows. Ashlar. Cornice and parapet. Tiled roof. Casement windows of 2 tiers of 4 lights with stone mullions and transoms. Two bays not symmetrically placed with elaborate shaped gables above surmounted by triangular portions topped by ball finials. These gables contain attic windows. Wide four-centred archway in the centre of front with wide spandrels and an escutcheon keystone. Beside it are the dates 1616-1860. It gives entrance to a recessed porch containing a carved door. The north wall has a massive chimney breast in the centre of the gable end. The south wall has a gable with a ball finial, 3 windows and a modern bay on both finials. The southern of the two half-hipped wings at the back has the date 1682 on it and a chimney breast at its east end. The northern of the two wings has also been added and is of red brick and stone rubble. The space between the wings is called the Well Court. The interior contains a C17 staircase, overmantels and panelling. The house was owned by the Busbridge family in the C17, and John Busbridge was shot by Cromwellian soldiers when leaning out of a window here. In the early C19 it was owned by the Prince Regent's friend Sir John Lade.

Listing NGR: TQ7223426580