Long Copse

TQ 04 SE 2/207

EWHURST C.P. PITCH HILL ROAD Long Copse

GV II

House. 1897 by Alfred Powell of the Artworkers' Guild in rustic style. Bargate sandstone blocks and rubblestone with thatched roofs under ridge decorations and with 'bonnet' ends. T-shaped plan. L-shaped on entrance front. Single storey with attics under 'eyebrow' dormers and gable ends. Square brick stack at junction of ranges. Leaded casement fenestration with stone-framed windows on ends of wings to left. One 2-light casement window on return wall of wing, dormer window to left of re-entrant angle, one dormer to right. Ground floor recessed to right with two 2-light casement windows. Door to left in angle of two ranges and further door to right in chamfered surround. Left hand return front:- Three 'eyebrow' dormers and rounded gabled bay to right of centre. One large 5-light leaded window to ground floor left. Horsham slab roofed wing projecting to left with hipped dormer and side stack. Glazed-in recess to right, pentice extension in catslide to left. Interior:- Original doors and fitted furnishings, wooden lintels to fireplaces and wooden floors, designed by Ernest Gimson.

N. PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) p.227 M. CAMINO: GIMSON AND THE BARNSLEYS: Wonderful Furniture of the Commonplace Kind (1980).

Listing NGR: TQ0812542073