Bennington

Bennington is a house dating to 1925, designed by Bailie Scott and Beresford. It is constructed primarily of red and grey brick, largely in stretcher bond, with lighter red brick for quoins and dressings. The roof is covered with plain tiles and features a plain stone-coped parapet. The house is double depth, with two storeys and an attic, built on a brick plinth. The central three bays project slightly, and raised brick panels are positioned below the ground-floor windows in the projecting bays. A lighter red brick “chainage” panel is located between the ground and first floor windows of the main range. The roof is a Mansard style, extending to both the left and right sides. There are two broad brick stacks, one to the left and one at the right gable end, as well as three raking dormers. The front façade has a regular five-window arrangement, featuring four 12-pane sashes in open boxes with splayed, rubbed brick voussoirs, and a central bulls-eye window. The central doorway features six fielded panels, a semi-circular fanlight with radiating glazing-bars, and an architrave with Doric pilasters and a scrolled pediment. A single-storey brick extension is attached to the left. The interior was only partially inspected, but the hall floor contains panelling, a staircase, and fireplaces designed in an 18th century style. The house was reportedly given as a retirement gift to the vicar by the parishioners of the Church of St. Leonard, Hythe.