Headmaster'S House

ASHTEAD ASHTEAD PARK TQ 1857-1957 7/12 7.9.51 Headmaster's House

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House. Dated 1734 on sundial at 1st floor; altered. Handmade red brick in Flemish bond, slate roof. Rectangular plan. Two storeys and 2:3:2 bays, symmetrical, with a 3-course band. The centre, breaking forwards slightly, has corner pilasters to the ground floor only, a square single-storey porch which has a reeded surround to the doorway, a recessed door with glazed top panels, and a hipped roof; the ground floor has segmental-headed cross-windows with casement openings and internal saddle-bars, but that to the right of the centre has been blocked (only the head visible) and the next slightly altered; the 1st floor has 3 square blind windows in the centre, the middle one covered by a large rectangular sundial with modern painted lettering including the date "1734", and 2-light casements in the side ranges. Hipped roof with ridge chimney offset left of centre, and side-wall chimney at right-hand end. At the left end an added screen wall continues flush with the front wall, and behind this is an earlier screen wall ramped up to the eaves. Rear and interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ1955258266