Description

CALDECOTT CHURCH CLOSE SP 8693-8793 11/12 10.11.55 Priest's House (formerly listed as Building 80 yds S of Church). GV II

House. Early-mid C17 refurbished 1978-9. Banded limestone and ironstone rubble, slate roof, coped gables with moulded kneelers and roll-moulding at each apex. Central ashlar chimney with pair of square shafts and missing cornice. Baffle entry plan. 2 storeys and attic, 2 bays. Right bay has 3-light windows with ovolo-moulded limestone mullions, the lower window with casement cornice. Single lights with ovolo-moulded limestone surrounds and cornices to left bay and to off-centre staircase. Leaded glazing. Central C20 gabled stone porch. C20 attic windows in gables. Rear retains C17 windows with ovolo mullions to ground floor, 3-light to left, 4-light with king mullion to right, but has C20 wooden casements above. Good interior features, with stop-chamfered spine and tie-beams and stone fireplace with 4-centred arch in right bay. Large fireplace in left bay has wooden lintel shaped into 4-centred arch with bracket-like ends and moulded rectangular surround.

Listing NGR: SP8685293606

External Links

• Wikidata Q26333464

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