Morant Arms

SU 30 SW 10/8

BROCKENHURST SOUTHAMPTON ROAD Morant Arms

GV II

Inn. Circa 1885, built after completion of Brockenhurst-Bournemouth railway. Dark brick, parts of 1st floor and gables tilehung, plain tile roof. 2½ storey 3 bay main range, bowed at one end, with to roadside end bays 2 storey, one wide bay wings and between 2 storey infill. Road elevation has to LH Dutch gable with ½-external chimney running up middle to stack with arcaded panel and moulded head. To bottom left 15-pane sash under gauged arch with 3 raised keys. Recessed centre infill has 6-pane door beside large 7 x 5 pane window under flat hood. Above 3-light casement RH wing has corner pilasters, 4-light casement under wide gauged segmental arch with 3 keys, over 'Shaw Sparrow's' oriel window and tilehung gable. On LH side of wing coved plaster eaves then massive external chimney rising to short stack with moulded head. Behind this low 2 storey gabled porch, open on ground floor and resting on piers, tilehung on 1st floor with 4-light casement and ½ timbered gable. Main range has RH end (facing railway) ½-octagonal, with 24-pane sashes under gauged arches with raised keys. Tilehung 1st floor with sill band, central cross-window and 15-pane window in each side. Coved plaster eaves to hipped roof. On ridge in centre and far end large stacks with arched panels.

Listing NGR: SU3022302117