Hawkswell House

Hawkswell House is a large house, built between 1914 and 1920 by Arthur Campbell Martin of Egham, for Colonel C. Audry. It has since been converted into flats. The house is constructed of high-quality handmade brickwork with tiled roofs. Its design follows an ‘E’ shape, with the main entrance located in a two-storey projecting central block. The recessed doorway has three orders of brick arches, topped with a composite tile keystone, and moulded brick springings. A cross-braced oak door features a leaded fanlight. Ground floor windows consist of 12-pane sashes in three bays to the right of the porch, and 8-pane sashes in three bays to the left. First floor windows are leaded casements. Wide, boxed eaves are present. Wings project two bays and have external stacks with diamond-set flues to the gable ends. Hipped dormers light the attic floor. The tall brick stacks have moulded brick cornices. To the left are two parallel ranges, gabled to the east, with hipped roofs and laced valleys. The gables are raised as parapets. A service yard is located to the right, featuring a tall water tower topped with a pyramidal roof. Inside, a short hall and staircase have a barley-sugar oak balustrade and a heavy handrail. A drawing room is on the left, and a music room to the rear has a shallow bow window. The interior also contains cornices, bolection moulded wood fire surrounds with black and white marble slips, and three-panelled doors. The house was converted into four flats by the Ministry of Defence before the Second World War. Arthur Campbell Martin's work on this house reflects a style influenced by Edwin Lutyens, seen in his earlier projects at Dauntsey's School, West Lavington, and Sandhurst, as well as his restoration work at North Wraxall and Guisborough Hall.