Fairfield House

GREAT BOOKHAM HIGH STREET TQ 1354 NE (west side) 14/85

7.9.51 No.24 (Fairfield House)

GV II

House, now office. Earlier C18, with later additions; altered. Red brick in Flemish bond; red tile roof. Double-depth plan. Two-and-a-half storeys and 3 bays, symmetrical; chamfered plinth, 3-course band, and eaves cornice with brick dentils; the central doorway has a moulded architrave under a pediment on fluted consoles, and a recessed glazed and panelled door; the window to the right at ground floor is a wide segmental-headed tripartite sash (or 12-pane sash with narrow side lights), but the other windows are all segmental-headed 12-pane sashes with narrow margin panes; the tall mansard roof is swept over the eaves, and contains 2 gabled dormers with 6-pane sashes. There are 2 side-wall chimney stacks at each end. A modern 1½-storey addition at the left end is not of special interest. The rear has a wooden 2-storey addition with a door at ground floor and a Venetian window above, but is otherwise similar to the front. Interior: doglegged staircase with open string, stick balusters and ramped handrail; three C19 cast-iron grates decorated with anthemions etc.; otherwise, altered.

Listing NGR: TQ1354054506