Listed Building: HURN COURT (101525)

HURN 1. 5187 Hurn Court (formerly listed in the Rural District of Ringwood and Fordingbridge) SZ 19 NW 8/350 30.9.64. II* GV 2. A large house of irregular plan and varying dates. Occupies the site of a mediaeval grange of Christchurch Priory. Earliest visible work belongs to end of C16 and is an interesting example of early use of brickwork in this area. House altered 1806 by Garbett of Southampton and again circa 1840. Plastered walls and chimney stacks. Parapet and slate roofs. Main block, E shaped, of symmetrical design; coped gables with finials to outer wings. 3 storeys, of which top one added to the 2 storey Elizabethan house in 1840 when an extra west wing also added. Additional attic floor with dormers. String courses. Outer windows have dripstone moulds and mullions (transom also at 1st floor) casement windows. 2 storey centre porch with buttresses and gable. Cartouche in tympanum. Ribbed, Gothic arched, door. Interior: Ribbed plaster ceilings, some with heraldic devices. Doors with Gothic panels. Staircase with twisted balusters and carved handrail. The listed buildings in the Hurn Court grounds, form a group. Listing NGR: SZ1214895935

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Jul 2 2012 10:17AM