Fernchase Manor

Heritage listing

Details TQ 53 NW SPELDHURST FORDCOMBE ROAD (off), ASHURST PARK 7/481 Fernchase Manor (Ashurst Place on O.S.) 25.4.90 II Large house. Early C19 with later C19 reglazing. Stuccoed with slate roofs; stacks with rendered shafts. Plan: The house, set in parkland, faces south west. Approximately rectangular plan with a double depth main block in the centre, flanked by symmetrical pavilions projecting to the front with a portico between. Central entrance into a large stair hall, principal rooms to left and right heated by end stacks. Single-storey block at the right end (possibly a later addition) with a second entrance on the right end. 2 blocks adjoining at the left end. Exterior: Main block 3 storeys, pavilions 2 storeys, right end block single storey; left end blocks 2 and 3 storeys. Hipped slate roof to left end block, other roofs concealed behind parapets. Chimneyshafts with moulded cornices, some retaining original C19 chimneypots. The central part of the house is symmetrical 3:5:3 bays, the 3-bay pavilions to left and right canted, the 7- bay Tuscan portico across the front with the outer bays angled towards. the pavilions. The 5-bay block has pilasters to left and right and flanking the entrance bay, a moulded band at second floor level and below the parapet which has a moulded cornice carried on fluted moulded brackets. The parapet is crowned with a swan-necked pediment on a bracketted base. The pediment, with an obelisk finial, is carved with a Renaissance grotesque. Ground and first floor windows are tall 2-pane plate glass sashes with moulded architraves and rectangular panels over. The first floor windows have shouldered architraves. Second floor windows have eared architraves. The portico has 3 steps up; a moulded entablature crowned with urns with scrolled supp

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.