Effingham House

TQ 15SW EFFINGHAM C.P. BEECH LANE

6/74 Effingham House 14/6/67 (Formerly listed under Guildford Road) II

House, now club house. Centre portion early C19 with Victorian side wings (c.1880) added to ends, minor C20 alterations to rear. Whitewashed stucco to centre with pebbledash claddings to side wings; hipped slate roofs obscured by parapets. 2 storeys; wings lower and set back. Central portion: 4 window range with glazing bar sash fenestration, thin glazing bars intact, in C19 shutters. 3 windows to ground floor with double, half-glazed doors to right of centre in plaster-strip surround and under flat hood. Flat roofed, modillioned,Ionic style portico across the ground floor on two columns and plaster pier responds. End wings: Each 3 bays, in an irregular arrangement. Left hand wing with giant pilasters to corners supporting cornice parapet. Two glazing bar sash windows on each floor between the pilasters, further linking bay set back slightly to right. Right hand wing: Similar arrangement of two windows between giant pilasters; and linking bay set back slightly. Square bay windows to ground floor. Extensive service wings to rear. Interior: Entrance hall: decorated ceiling and early C19 staircase with turned balusters and ramped handrail. Other features surviving include plaster cornices, moulded dado's and panelling and decorated door surrounds; although restored.

Listing NGR: TQ1183653246