The living area looks towards a glazed door with
fanlight above that leads to the conservatory/dining room.
Mahogany panel doors lead into the airy drawing room and the dining room, both of which have floor to ceiling six-pane casement windows with
fanlights above and shutters.
The windows hang on the wall, and the doors lean against it, like transparent John McCrackens--but not quite, for they show the traces of
fanlights and panels, mail slots and locks, and look like doors, despite the inversions made in them by Whiteread's casting process.
One householder said: "They swarmed through the
fanlights and when the match was over they rushed back to the
fanlights to get down.
The distinctive covered entry to this stunning manor, flanked by twin turrets, leads to a gracious foyer with
fanlights. The plan opens from the foyer to a formal dining room, a study and a step-down gathering room.
The dignified faade is a fine architectural example of the Georgian craftsmanship and the entrance doors with stone pediments and
fanlights add an elegant charm to the Leysbourne end of the High Street.
There is, for example, a suggestion of something like radiance, rather as if the stylized, sub-Art Deco sunburst familiar from
fanlights above the front doors of '30s suburban houses were rendered into a 3-D comic book drawing.
Exteriors of the 18th century and earlier 19th century achieved classic status for the lightness of touch - ranks of sash windows with the narrowest of glazing bars and neat, central entrances with porticos and
fanlights.
Today, the property has a fresh, colonial look from the outside with a wide, entrance veranda with classic columns, Georgian-inspired multi-paned windows and
fanlights.
