Survey Data
Reg No
13901513
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Previous Name
The Rectory
Original Use
Rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house
In Use As
House
Date
1760 - 1800
Coordinates
305591, 293677
Date Recorded
26/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay three-storey over basement former rectory, built c. 1780, now in use as private house. Rectangular-plan, flat-roofed addition to north c. 1900, side entrance. Pitched slate roof hidden by parapet, painted smooth rendered chimneystacks, gutter hidden by parapet, circular cast-iron downpipes. Painted smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walling, painted plinth course, string course separating ground and first floor east elevation. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted moulded architraves to ground and first floor windows, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows to ground and first floor, three-over-six to second floor. Round-headed door opening, limestone doorcase comprising broken pediment supported on fluted brackets flanking decorative fanlight, painted timber and glazed double door, accessed by flight of dressed limestone steps, railing surround basement area. Red brick outbuildings surround gravelled courtyard to rear (west). House situated in own grounds, overlooking fields to east, gravelled avenue to south, site bounded by stone wall, red brick gate piers containing metal security gates.
Appraisal
Spencer Hill, built as a rectory during the eighteenth century, is a well-proportioned and symmetrically designed house. The building's height makes it an imposing structure but this is tempered by the elegance of the doorcase and its flight of limestone entrance steps. It is a notable element in the local architectural legacy and has social significance due to its past use as a rectory.