Hydraulics Research Limited

SU69SW 1/3

CROWMARSH BENSON LANE (West side) Crowmarsh Gifford Hydraulics Research Limited

GV II

House, now offices. c.1850. Stone base; red brick with Bath stone dressings; complex slate roof; various brick stacks. Complex plan. Elizabethan style. 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range. 1:3:l. 3-bay centre with one-bay cross-wings. Stone arcaded glazed loggia with Doric pilasters. Central half-glazed double door with round overlight. Cross window to right cross-wing. 3 cross windows to centre first floor. 5-light stone mullion and transom window to right cross-wing to left and right. Pierced stone balustrade to centre roof. Shaped gables to cross wings to left and right. Octagonal tower to right with ogee lead roof. Rear; 2 storey and attic; 5-window range. 3 French doors to centre. 2 storey bay window to left and right with stone mullion and transom windows to bath floors. 3 cross-windows to first floor centre. Pierced stone balustrade to centre roof and to flat tops of hay windows. Central armorial bearing. Shaped gables to left and right. 2 dormers to centre. 2-storey, 3-window wing to left with 5-window arcade to ground floor. Interior: Double height hall with glazed leaded screen to lobby. Decorative encaustic tile floor. Balcony to first floor with panelled front in Jacobean style with cupid herms to uprights of panels. Ornate plaster panelled ceiling with brackets to cove. Enquiry Room and Library (probably former drawing rooms) both panelled in French Rococo style. Lecture room to left (probably former dining room) panelled in Jacobean style in oak. Staircase to right. Open well cantilever staircase with wrought and cast iron balustrade with wood hand rail. Coffered ceiling with central hinged figure to oval panel.

Listing NGR: SU6153390096