Greathed Manor

TQ 44SW LINGFIELD C.P. FORD MANOR ROAD

10/184 Greathed Manor

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Country House. 1862-1868 by Robert Kerr. Coursed wealdstone with ashlar dressings, slate roofs of varying types, some hipped, with tall stone stacks decorated with corbels. Asymmetrical rambling plan, 3 storeys with 4 stage to right of entrance. Entrance front:- principal features include tower to right with pierced guoillche balustrade, large bracketed eaves and stone mosaic inlay to top stage. Stone mullioned and transome window to 3rd stage. Square date panel inscribed "Ford 1862" with floral decoration. Angle bay to left under dormer and pavilion roof. Shaped roundel gable to left again with strapwork Coat of Arms. Large Dutch gabled bay with angle bay below rising through 2 floors. Break back to centre of front with square bay containing steep gable over 5 light window projecting over coved support. Further bay to left set back with thick projecting cornice over second floor. Square bay breaking forward to left with angle bay on ground floor. Further break forward to left with french pavilion roof to left end. 2 storey range attached and set back on left end enclosing small courtyard.

Garden front:- Similar long rambling composition with shaped gable bays, ogee dome and turret to left of centre and apsidal end to dining room projecting on ground floor to right of centre.

Interior:- Some panelling surviving on ground floor room to rear left. Ceiling with random moulded panels. Twisted columns to fireplace surrounds. Robert Kerr was an influential house designer in the mid-late 19th century and author of The English Gentlemen's House.

PIVSNER: Buildings of England, Surrey (1971) p.266.

Listing NGR: TQ4132442297