HER 10829 - ELMBANK HOUSE AND PEACOCK HOUSE

House, extended and divided. Early 19th century. Stucco, part incised, with low pitched, hipped slate roof under tile ridges to front right; parallel plain tiled ranges to centre and low pitched hipped slate roofs to left. Two storeys with eaves cornice. Stacks to rear of right hand range, tapering square stacks on rear to centre valley of parallel roofs and to front left. Taller end stacks on each gable to front. Peacock House to right - "Gable end" on. Square bay extension to left gable with arched niche on ground floor. First floor extension to right jettied with flat ribbed roof and two plate sashes. Glazed pentice roof below with half-glazed door and window under. Three window range to right with plate glass sashes on the first floor. Left hand return front of wing - former main entrance:- two 16-pane glazing-bar sashes to first floor in lugged architrave surrounds. Projecting flat-roofed ground floor with tripartite sash to right and casement to left. Door of 6 fielded panels to left of centre in chamfered architrave surround and with bracketed, modillioned pediment above. Single storey link to left end with 2 plate sashes to:- Elmbank - Giant order on angle to right. One small sash to first floor; projecting ground floor below with two plate-glass sashes and half-glazed, leaded, door in architrave surround; in re-entrant angle with linking range. Right hand return front:- Two first floor glazing-bar sashes, three windows below, one tripartite. Rear:- Giant pilaster order, double gable end and curved link wall to rear of Elmbank which has square bay and angle bay extensions. Home of Thomas Love Peacock; Poet 1823-1866. Listing NGR: TQ0858366802

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