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Penton, 30 Woodlands Road
Penton, 30 Woodlands Road
Penton
No. 30
Woodlands Road
- Date of Listing: 27 August 2004
- Reference: 491836
- Grade: II
Description
Exterior
House. 1930-1932 by Thomas Henry Wilson for himself. Vernacular Revival. Hand made brown and buff brick. Timber frame panels, stone dressings, tile hanging and tile roofs. Near symmetrical entrance front, asymetrical garden front.
Two and two and a half storeys. Entrance front. Main range in brick in five bays with outer forward half hipped wings, with brick ground floor and timber framed upper storey. Central gabled porch, timber framed with herringbone brick nogging, tiled roof. Four-light side windows with diamond leaded glazing.
Ground floor windows are stone mullion and transoms of four and two lights. First floor outer windows are four and two light stone mullions. All main windows have square leaded panes. Three full half-hipped dormers with tile hung cheeks, each of two lights with diamond set leaded panes. Alternating with dormers are three tall brick axial stacks of grouped octagonal shafts on a rectangular base, with moulded collars and caps.
Jettied upper floor and gable, timber framed with moulded bressumers. Small three light brick oriel at first floor, set into stack beneath flush stone band. Two single lights in moulded stone architraves flank ground floor chimneypiece. Sundial set into gablet above.
Central section set forward in three bays, and three storeys under deep swept roof descending to first floor. Upper floors have diminshing half-hipped dormers detailed as front elevation, framed by the axial stacks. Kitchen wing to right, of brick, with timber framed upper storey. Stone ground floor windows, timber upper floor windows.
Interior
Long hall running the length of the building with stair rising parallel to the main axis. Fully paneled in honey coloured oak, with dentil cornice. Chimneypiece with four centre arched stone fireplace with brick linings, panelling above. At base of stair, pair of shallow four - centred arches with moulded central post. Closed string stair has vine leaf and fruit trail to string, square newels with individual pomegranate finials, chunky turned balusters, moulded rail.
Panelled hall cupboards have snakes head hinges. Front sitting room has recessed brick chimneypiece with moulded timber bressumer below brick arch. Heavy chamfered beams, moulded cornices and friezes with vine leaf trail. Garden sitting room has brick chimneypiece with timber mantlepiece and tile bands. Small recesses flank round arched fireplace. Overmantel has pair of arched recesses. Moulded timber picture rail, plastered cornice and beams with vine leaf and oak leaf trails.
Dining room panelled in oak. Ionic pilasters at angles and flanking chimneybreast, and enriched frieze. Stone four centre arched chimneypiece with moulded frieze and spandrels. Patterned brick and tiled chimney back. Throughout, six-panel doors have brass snakes head hinges and heavy brass handles. Kitchen largely refitted but scullery and larder retain painted panelled cupboards with snakes head hinges.
Summary of Importance
This is a substantial house, even by Surbiton standards, and was built by Thomas Henry Wilson for himself. He is thought to have been an architect/builder/surveyor and whilst there is no attributed architect, the quality of the design, materials and craftmanship is extremely high. The house is almost unaltered, retaining original surfaces and materials. All the prinicpal rooms survive with high quality joinery, plasterwork and fireplaces and every attention to detail is considered.