Brooklands Technical College (Brooklands House)

TQ 06SE BOROUGH OF ELMBRIDGE HEATH ROAD

Weybridge

4/168 Brooklands Technical College. (Brooklands House)

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House, now college. 1860, largely rebuilt in 1891 by Sir Reginald Blomfield in a free Queen Anne style. Brown brick with red brick dressings, plain tiled roofs- hipped to left. Square, lead ogee dome to right and tall stacks under gauged brick cornices. Main house: 5 bays with gable front bay to left, 2 bay wing to left end with flat roofed break to the right linking with tower and 7 bay wing to right, projecting forward to form a courtyard in the re-entrant angle. 3 storeys with attics under 5 pedimented dormers to main block with central segmental pediment and "Venetian" style attic window to gable front bay. Brick quoins to ends with plat bands over ground and first floors and a modillion cornice to the second floor. Irregular fenestration of glazing bar sash windows under gauged brick heads, including a large, round arched staircase window to right and a round window to right hand tower. Double plate glass doors to centre of main block under flat hood, further doors to left in gabled bay. Square clockface in stone surround with cill brackets to court front of tower, rendered tower to rear corner. Lead cupola hood over chimmney stack to right. Rear (Garden Front): 6 bays, 2 gabled with 3-light dormers to centre. Large "Venetian" style window to ground floor left with Ionic oilaster surround. C20 extensions to front not included.

Listing NGR: TQ0695963720