Sydmonton Court

SU 45 NE ECCHINSWELL & SYDMONTON SYDMONTON 7/36 Sydmonton Court

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C16, C17, C18, C19. A Tudor E-shaped mansion, with additions to the inner (south front) area and alterations to the other facades; 2 storeys and attic. The roof of blue tiles is of the last period, hipped and witharegular series of gabled dormers with lattice windows; in the centre of the recessed south front there are 2 C16 stepped brick gables, one in the western angle, the other probably central to the original front (with the third, in the east angle, now lost within later reconstruction?) Tall C19 octagonal chimney shafts. Above the west range is a timber-framed bell turret with a pyramid tiled roof. Walling is in red brickwork English bond, with small stone quoins, which stop near the top, where a parapet has been formed by continuing the walling (in Flemish bond) up to a stone coping. The south end of the west wing, of 2 windows, has raised brick architraves and a first floor band; the east elevation is marked by 2 massive attached stacks; the symmetrical north elevation has 1.4.1 windows, with plain cement architraves, Gothic angular bays at each side, and Gothic mouldings to the bays and first floor band. The recessed part of the south front has been brought forward (C18) and masks an angular red brick and stone Tudor stair turret, set in the west side angle. Sashes inreveals. The west elevation has several detailed alterations of the last date. The east elevation has a single-storeyed addition, with a Tuscan Order rendered in cement, with a recessed portico.

Listing NGR: SU4951858383