Hannaford House

SWIMBRIDGE HANNAFORD SS 62 NW 11/197 Hannaford House 25.2.65 GV II*

House. c.1760. Painted stucco. Hipped slate roof with diamond pattern to centre. Gable end brick stacks. Modillion cornice. Double depth plan with large outshut to rear. Front range has principal room each side of entrance hall. 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-window range. Ionic pilasters to each end. 16 paned sashes flank central Venetian windows with human head keystone, Y-bars to central window and dentilled entablatures to the pilastered sidelights. 2 large bows to ground floor with modillion cornices. Tripartite curving sashes 8 over 12 panes to centre and 4 over 6 paned sidelights. Central pedimented door surround with fluted pilasters, panelled architrave and segmental arched fanlight to 6 panelled door, the upper 2 panels glazed. West side has all original fenestration, all 12 paned sashes and one 3-light window 10 panes per light. Old plank door with cover strips to rear outshut. Interior principal room to right has fine plaster ceiling, rococo in style with festoons to the centres and corners of rectangular moulded surround to foliated centrepiece. Plain moulded panelling and fine Adam-style chimneypiece with festoons and swags above the eared marble surround. Principal room to left has Jacobethan style introduced fireplace across the angle of the room and doorcase, both richly carved. Stair hall with modillion cornice and foliated centrepiece has dog-leg staircase with turned balusters and wreathed and moulded handrail ramped up to turned newels.

Listing NGR: SS6069829821