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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26333464

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)