87 And 89, Portsmouth Road

SU 94NE GUILDFORD PORTSMOUTH ROAD (East Side) 3/178 Nos. 87 and 89 (formerly 13/1/72 listed as 1 and 2 Rectory Place) GV II Pair of large semi-detached houses. 1883 by R. Norman Shaw, extended to left in 1911 by Ernest Newton, further extended to right. Orange-red brick below with brown fishscale tile hanging above and plain tiled roofs. Two storeys and attics under two gabled dormers to left and a flat roofed casement dormer to right of centre; three storeys to right in projecting,gabled square bay. Massive cross- ridge stacks to right of centre, multiple stacks to rear right of centre and to left end. Two gabled dormers to left with leaded casement fenestration. 6-light window across with the end lights wrapping around the corners, mullioned and transomed leaded windows below breaking through the eaves, supported on roughcast coves. Continuous leaded fenestration across second and first floors of right hand projecting bay, 4 lights either side of moulded central mullion on second floor with 2-light return windows wrapping round corners) 4 mullioned and transomed lights below on first floor in similar arrangement. Two 3-light mullioned and transomed windows to ground floor right of centre, projecting square bay window to left. Wide panelled doors to ends under 4-centre arched heads with moulded surrounds. 4-light flanking window to right of left hand door, 2-light flanking window to left of right hand door. Gabled extension set back to right with chamfered corner and leaded fenestration. Single storey hipped roof extensions to left end. Formerly listed with 3 and 4 Rectory Place as one item.

A SAINT: R. NORMAN SHAW (YALE 1977) p.419. PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND: SURREY (1971) p.292.

Listing NGR: SU9934248946