Description

SK 9704-9804 KETTON HIGH STREET
14/67 & 15/67 (north-west side)

No 88

II

House, early C18 origin, altered and extended C19. Of coursed squared stone with
ashlar dressings, Collyweston stone slate roof hipped to south, and ashlar ridge and
end stacks. Two storeys and attics. Basically L-plan, with coped gable end to
street on moulded kneelers. Two storey C19 canted bay window with sashes, and small
attic window beneath timber lintel above. North flank has three 2-light casement
dormers. Two storey later C19 addition to north. South flank, 2 windows wide, has
6/6 sashes with projecting keystones. A dormer above. Entrance in later C19
two-storey porch in angle. Door with rectangular fanlight with glazing bars. South
end has 2-storey early C19 bow window. Garden front has.similar, projecting bow
window extended at ground floor level in early C20, and 1st floor weatherboarded
oriel. Interior has 2 late C19 fresco paintings (part of a larger composition) in
ground floor front room, used as a chapel during period when house was St Mary's
Diocesan Home, a penitentiary for reforming young women.

Listing NGR: SK9799904532

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26409732

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)