77, Heath Road

5384

TQ 06 SE WEYBRIDGE HEATH ROAD (east side) 4/373 No 77

GV II

House. c1834 by and for James Taylor; C20 alterations and additions. Brick, stuccoed, with slate roofs. 2 storeys; originally symmetrical, of 7 bays, now with addition on left and symmetry destroyed. In Gothick style. C20 windows are small-pane casements. Garden elevation: 3 central bays symmetrical with pro- jecting gabled porch below central gable. Porch has angle buttresses, blocked Tudor-arched doorway, similarly-arched window above with C20 window below Y-traceried fanlight and to returns on 1st floor blocked pointed-arched openings with term-like figures. Bays flanking porch have full-height sashes with glazing bars to ground floor, 1st floor recessed and with C20 windows. Bays 6 and 7 project, having on ground floor a pointed-arched full-height sash with glazing bars and on right a 16-pane French window, and on 1st floor a pointed- arched opening with C20 window to left and a wide 4-light C20 window to right. Embattled parapet. Bays 1 and 2 have recessed ground floor behind c1920 coInhnade, and mansard roof with two C20 windows above. Additions to left. Roadside elevation: central gabled porch with doorway under arch on imposts flanked by gabled porches with blocked pointed-arched entrances and a C20 window on outer side. On 1st floor, central 3 bays have C20 windows, central, coped, gable and coped offsets down to 1st floor of outer bays which have mansard roofs with narrow C20 windows. Added bay to right. This was the home of James Taylor (1795/6-1846) who built the adjoining Church of St Charles of Borromeo (qv) and who was an important figure involved in many pioneering early C19 Catholic building projects. Included for group value only.

Listing NGR: TQ0731064146