Worting House

SU 55 SE BASINGSTOKE CHURCH LANE (Worting)

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3.5.49 Worting House

• II*

Late C18, early Cl9. A symmetrical front (south) of 3 storeys, 2-1-2 windows, with later side wings of 2 storeys, 1 window. Hipped slate roof to centre, slate roof to wings end in gables to front and rear Red brick walling in Flemish bond, rubbed flat arches and plinth; stone features including a plain coping to the parapet, a moulded cornice containing curved dentils (or small mullions ), cills, framing to the lst floor central Venetian window (a fully-moulded Tuscan Order of pilasters with brackets below cill), the columns to the porch and flight of steps to the entrance. The side wings (separated from the centre by a narrow recess have a gable of pediment form with a coping, a cornice at eaves level a cornice at eaves level (similar to that of the central block) and an arched recess containing a semi- circular upper window above a Venetian window (with unmoulded stone frame). Victorian sashes in reveals, wings have standard subdivisions, a narrow sash window on either side of the entrance. The porch is a Tuscan Order in wood, but with plain stone columns, a thin architrave between the inner pilasters enclosing a plain fanlight and a wide 6-panelled door. The other elevations are less regular, with eaves and sashes, but the arched recess of the wings is repeated at the rear (north) face. Within, the hall has an oval arch leading to a rear hall, which contains the original staircase. A modern single-storeyed block is attached to the north side.

Listing NGR: SU5994652004