Netley House

TQ 04 NE SHERE CP SHERE ROAD

5/253 Netley House

II

House now offices. Central range 1786 reconstructed after a fire in 1860 when end angle bays were added, these were made into two storey wings during the 1890s. Red brick to centre, stucco clad and incised under hipped plain tile roofs. Three storey centre block with two storey wings over basement. Symmetrical five bay centre range, central bay in shallow projecting brake with single bay wings with angle bays rising through both floors. Modillion eaves cornice with plat bands over basement ground and first floors. Central pediment and moulded cornice over side wings with smaller pediments. Plate glass sash fenestration throughout. Five windows in first and second floors with shallow balconies of centre range. Central window three-light in architrave surrounds. Cornice hood and segmental pediment over centre light of first floor central window. Four windows on ground floor with scroll balconies. Central portico, flat roofed, approached up a flight of steps with D-shaped ends to balustrade walls. Doric style with square piers and four columns carrying guttae, triglyph frieze and iron balcony above.

Rear: red brick with bowed bay to centre and blocked lunette in pediment above. Projecting side wings.

Interior: gutted,although surviving staircase with twisted iron balusters in hall and some fire place surrounds.

Possible association with the Cubitts. Undergoing restoration and conversion at time of re-survey.

Listing NGR: TQ0785448361