Description

SE 22 SW
2/96

DEWSBURY CB
VICARAGE ROAD
(Thornhill Lees)

Thornhill Lees Vicarage

II

G .V.

Vicarage by Mallinson and Healey. Built 1855-8 (date of Church of Holy Innocents q.v.). Hammer dressed stone with ashlar dressings and diagonal reducing buttressing. Steeply gabled slate roof with tall ashlar stacks. Two storeys with string course. An ordered asymmetrical design with entrance and garden fronts. Central, open, internal, arched porch with chamfered surround. To left is a 6-light mullioned and transomed window with arched upper lights and relieving arch over. Above this is a similar window with recessed ashlar tympanum containing a quatrefoil. The garden front has a projecting gabled bay to left with 10-light mullioned and transomed canted bay to ground floor, with arched upper lights. Above this to first floor, is a similar square 8-light bay with crenellated parapet and leaded roof.

Listing NGR: SE 24162 20266

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428086

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)