Survey Data
Reg No
13902212
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Presbytery/parochial/curate's house
In Use As
Presbytery/parochial/curate's house
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
314950, 284654
Date Recorded
07/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey parochial house, built c. 1880. Full-height advanced entrance bay to south, two-storey return to north, extension to north-west. Hipped slate roofs, cat-slide roof to extension, clay ridge tiles, red brick shouldered corbelled chimneystacks, cast-iron finial to advanced bay, moulded cast-iron gutters to overhanging eaves with painted timber sheeted soffit and modillions. Roughcast-rendered walling, tooled limestone plinth coping and V-jointed stone quoins, smooth rendered string course; smooth rendered walling to entrance. Segmental-headed window openings, smooth rendered soffits and reveals, tooled limestone sills, painted timber one-over-one sliding sash windows; paired limestone pointed trefoil-arched openings to first floor entrance bay, pointed trefoil-arched windows to east and west entrance bay, block-and-start limestone surrounds, hood mouldings with dressed block stops, stained glass leaded windows, apron to south window with quatrefoil dressings. Segmental-headed door opening to south, roll-moulded surround, moulded render Doric pilasters flanking painted timber six-panel door with brass furniture, plain-glazed overlight. Set in own grounds; yard to north, bounded to east by random coursed stone walls, red brick square piers having domed caps, corrugated-iron gates; two-storey random rubble stone outbuilding to north, pitched slate roof, square-headed window and door openings, occuli and half-dormer loft doors to first floor, red brick surrounds, painted timber vertical-sheeted doors; entrance to south, rendered gate piers, painted wrought-iron gates.
Appraisal
This handsome parochial house has a robust design reflecting the strength of its position within the local community. Built to a symmetrical plan, the entrance bay is mirrored in the rear return. The windows to the entrance bay are particularly striking, highlighting the religious nature of the house and adding artistic merit. Situated at a crossroad with Saint Michael's Church to its east, it forms part of a religious group.