Hilperton House

ST 85 NE HILPERTON CHURCH STREET (west side)

7/10 Hilperton House

13-11-62

GV II*

Detached house. Early C18, extended C19. Limestone ashlar front with chamfered quoins, rubble stone returns, hipped stone slate roof with stone stacks with moulded cappings. Two-storey and attic, 5-window classical front. Central C19 half-glazed door in bolection-moulded architrave with broken segmental pediment on consoles and heraldic -shield in pediment, cellar has two 2-light mullioned casements to left of door, ground floor has two 12-pane sashes in bolection-moulded architraves either side of door. Moulded lintel string course. First floor has five sashes in bolection-moulded architraves, the centre with keystone. Moulded cornice to parapet swept up to centre with ball finial, three attic dormers to roof, the centre with gable, flanking ones with pediments; all with C20 casements. Left return has 12-pane sash within C19 conservatory with arched lights, 12-pane sash to first floor with bolection-moulded architrave, hipped attic dormer behind parapet. Right return has C19 stone canted bay, three first floor sashes in bolection-moulded architraves, hipped attic dormer, 2- storey C19 wing attached to right has 4-pane and 12-pane sashes in plain architraves, two half-dormers with 9-pane sashes. Rear has C19 kitchen wing to right and courtyard filled-in by flat-roofed extension, C19 wing to left has pointed casements on east side. Interior: C18 fittings in main range include good open stairs rising up to attic with 2 turned balusters per tread, wide moulded and ramped handrail, dado with fielded panelling, doors with 6 fielded panels in bolection-moulded architraves. Bolection- moulded stone fireplace surround and good raised moulded panelling in room to left of entrance. Room to right has full raised and fielded panelling with moulded cornice, wooden Adam-style fireplace.

Listing NGR: ST8716459248