Description

SY 59 SW ASKERSWELL NALLER'S LANE

3/12 Askerswell House
7-8-52
- II

Detached House, former Rectory. Dated: "Deo Gloria 1851" on canted
bay (stone-shield). Ashlar stone walls, with a moulded plinth.
Slate roofs, pentice and hipped at left hand, and gabled to front
at right hand with stone gable-coping and kneelers. Dressed stone
stacks, at left hand (base of hip), and projecting stack with set-
offs and moulded cornice up the right hand gable, 2 storeys and dormers.
3 windows to front entrance elevation, and gabled bay right of that.
Left to right: pentice-bay, 3- and 2-light stone mullions with
returned labels over, cast-iron original casements with glazing-bars
and lozenges at intersections. Bay 2: 2-storey canted-bay window,
with 3-light stone mullions to front, one at sides. Same casements.
Pedimented dormer over with same 2-light casements. Bay 3: Front
doorway, pointed arch with label and stops, moulded jambs. Recess-
panel door with Y-tracery head. 2-light casement over with label
of the above type pedimented dormer over, of usual type. Bay 4:
gabled with stack as mentioned above. South elevation has canted
oriel at left hand side, and large 3-light casement right of this.
Parapet is gabled up over each window bay, and has an octagonal
standard projecting above apex. The casements are an important
element in the design.

Listing NGR: SY5310692623

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26412200

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)