Heathersett Littleworth Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. A C19 House. 2 related planning applications.

Heathersett Littleworth Cross

WRENN ID
still-soffit-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Guildford
Country
England
Date first listed
13 December 1984
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

This is a house, originally one dwelling but now divided, dated 1873 and extended in the 20th century. It is constructed of rubble stone with brick dressings and quoins to the ground floor, and features decorative half-timbering in black and white to the right and left ends of the first floor. The roofs are of plain tiles, with varying heights, some hipped, all with ridge cresting and end finials.

The house has a complicated, compact plan, forming a roughly T-shape with an entrance court to the front. It is two storeys high, displaying tall brick stacks with oversailing tops; some are on gable ends, the majority on roof ridges.

The front elevation is divided into two halves. The right half consists of parallel gable ranges to the right, and a range at right angles to the left, enclosing a square tower with a pyramidal roof topped with a compass finial. The windows are diamond-pane, leaded casements, arranged irregularly, including one large mullioned and transomed staircase window to the left of centre. A gabled, wood-framed, half-glazed entrance porch is positioned diagonally across the corner of the building. Behind the porch is a recessed, whitewashed lobby. A main door is located in the rear wall, with an arched brick surround and strapwork hinges with incised decoration. The left half features a large tile-hung gable over a brick dentil band, and a half-timbered range jetted on the first floor over a moulded bressumer. There are three diamond-pane casements on both floors to the left, and a mullioned and transomed window on the first floor gable. A six-panelled door is located on the ground floor of the gable, sheltered by a flat porch hood. A 20th-century brick single-storey extension projects to the front right.

Inside, there is a square staircase hall with some panelling. A great hall to the rear originally comprised two framed bays with a Crown-post roof, but only one bay remains, featuring a large, cambered, billeted tie beam and exposed framing and panelling below. It includes a large stone fireplace dated 1886 and Y tracery glazed doors. The house has been attributed to R. Norman Shaw based on stylistic grounds, although this remains unconfirmed.

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