Description

ANCROFT HAGGERSTON
NU 04 SW
10/33 Chapel House
(The Priest House)

II

Former Roman Catholic chapel and priest's house, now a house. Later C18 for
the Haggerston family. Ashlar with pantile and concrete tile roof. Old brick
chimneys. In 2 sections.

House to left, 2 storeys plus attics, 2 bays. Doorway to right in C20 porch.
Gothick window over with intersecting glazing bars. To left two 12-pane
sashes. Very steeply-pitched roof with ridge and end stacks.

Chapel to right with contemporary lean-to, 2-storey vestry in front. The
vestry has 6-panel door and boarded-up window over. To right 2 pointed-arched
windows in raised stone surrounds. Steeply-pitched gabled roof. 2 similar
windows to rear.

Interior: House has imperial stair with sturdy stick balusters and octagonal
newels, ramped and moulded handrail; it rises in one flight and divides into
two. 6-panel doors in panelled reveals. Panelled shutters.

Listing NGR: NU0409843833

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26447779

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)