Great Englebourne

HARBERTON SX75NE Great Englebourne 5/359

9.2.61

GV II

Large farmhouse near site of a former manor house. 1823. Stuccoed stone rubble. Asbestos slate low pitched hipped roof, the lead rolls replaced with ridge tiles. Deep eaves with paired soffit brakcets and moulded cast iron gutters. Band at first floor level. Rendered ridge chimney stacks. Plan: Overall square plan, the principal rooms on either side of central hall with stairs in well at rear of hall and service rooms in range across rear. Exterior: 2 storeys. South east front 2:1:2 bays, centre advanced with eaves and roof breaking forward above. Central portico with 2 pairs of Doric columns supporting entablature with deep cornice but without triglyphs and with 3-panelled double doors. Tall 12-pane ground storey sashes with low cills. Small 12-pane first storey sashes, centre first storey 16-pane sash. Right hand return (north east side) 1:2:1 bays, centre recessed, 12-pane sashes, right hand ground storey garage doors. Left hand return (south west side) 3-bays, centre recessed, 16-pane sashes, centre ground storey C20 garden doors. Late C19 conservatory on south west corner. Interior very intact and retains most of the original joinery including panelled window shutters and doors etc and plaster ceiling cornices and marble chimneypieces. Rounded stair well at back of hall has egg-and-dart cornice and lantern which has been renewed; geometric stairs with open string, shaped tread ends and wreathed handrail. Note: Sir William Russell Flint is said to have stayed at Great Englebourne and the house and stables are depicted in some of his paintings.

Listing NGR: SX7779956909