HER 12593 - WILLMER HOUSE

Dated 1718 on rainwater head. 3 storey. Fine red brick with rubber brick dressings. Projecting plinth. Angle rusticated Dorci pilasters whole height, with moulded brick caps. Moulded brick strings at 1st floor level between pilsters and carried acress central bay. Architrave and friece over pilasters at anfles, and elaborate carved and moulded bracjetted brick cornice, broken forward over central bay and angle pilasters. Panelled brick parapet with projecting panel piers at anat angles and over walls between windows. Moulded brick coping. 5 windows on 2nd floor with brick surrounds of bolection mould stopped on small blocks above cill level with small capping mould overm and narrow moulded cill with narrow apron resting on moulded string. 5 windows on 1st floor, with similar surrounds, segmental-headed, and parons with corner blocks. The bolection mould springing direct from cill in this case. 4 windows in plain brick openingson ground floor. All windows have architrave frames. 8-panel central door with architrave surround and painted wood doorcase of pannelled pilastersm and entablature broken forward over pilasters and in centre over pointed turn up of architrave, with enriched bed moulding to cornice. 2 moulded stone stepsm the bottom stop scroll ended. Interior has a fine contemportary stair, fireplaces, panelled room with Corinthian doorway, illustrated Country Life, July 31st 1942. A fine example of brickwork. Extension to right hand of 2 storeys, 2 bays. Brick front; brick band above ground floor to right hand, 3-light sash windows with glazing bars intact; rubbed brick voussoirs. Doorway with plain pilasters, friexe and cornice; 4 flush-panelled door with plain retangular fanlight over. Willmer House now houses the Farnham Museum. Nos 18, 37, 43, 45 and all the listed buildings on the south-east side from Nos 19 to 46 (consec) (including wrought-iron screen before Vernon House), form a group. Listing NGR: SU8359646676

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