Building record MWX1282 - Graystones House, Waterford Road, Christchurch

Greystones, Waterford Road, Highlife. 1911-12. An important house by E S Prior. Grade II*. <2>

1911-12. An important house by E S Prior. Coursed grey stone with red brick dressing and coved rendered cornice. Steeply pitched tiled roof. Very tall red brick chimneys. 2 storeys cellars and attics. Entrance, or northern façade irregular. Windows cambered headed casements with leaded glazing. Door with canopy above. Main or southern façade has 2 diamond shaped dormers and 6 windows including ground floor bay of 6 lights. All, except bay, set flush with walls. East and west loggias, the eastern of 2 storeys set under main roof and with brick columns, western loggia advanced and of 1 storey.Interior Hall has wooden Tuscan columns, rough plastered walls and a staircase showing the influence of chinoiserie.

This description is derived from the associated designation record, the validity of which has not been checked.

Godfrey Cook, Martin, 2015, Edward Prior. Arts and Crafts Architect, 146-151, 201 (Monograph). SDO21050.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 1:1250, 1972 (Map). SWX1844.

Greystones (Old Peoples Home) (NAT)

<2> DOE (HRR), 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Christchurch 1976, p108-9 (Scheduling record). SWX4475.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 885738 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Oct 31 2024 1:30PM