User:Moswento/Horsleys Green Manor

History
17th century Incorporates part of an earlier structure Extended in the 20th century

John Lawrance, tea merchant (search London Gazette)

In July 1949, the upper floor of the house was seriously damaged in a fire, during a lunchtime gathering attended by several prominent individuals, including William Jowitt, the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and Sir John Dashwood.

Architecture
Main part of the building "of narrow brick with flush flint Tudor hoodmoulds over main ground floor bays". Tiled roof. "Central chimney of narrow brick with attached shafts and projecting nib to rear"

1 1/2 storeys

"2 gabled bays with smaller gable between" "Leaded casements in chamfered brick surrounds" "Ground floor has 5-light casements with ovolo moulded mullions and Tudor hoodmoulds above; upper storey has 4-light casements in gables. Between bays are 2 C20 2-light leaded casements, the lower in a blocked doorway. Large C20 matching extension to left."

"Lean-to to centre rear with altered staircase."

Interior
Originally with a lobby entry plan, with the front entrance opening "into a lobby opposite to an axial chimney stack". "Spine beams with narrow ovolo mouldings, old board doors, and traces of timber framing".