Description

BARROW IN FURNESS

SD1969SE DUKE STREET
708-1/12/60 (North East side)
06/05/76 Presbytery to Church of St Mary of
Furness with wall connecting to
church

GV II

Presbytery and attached wall. Late C19. By J Byrne of
Liverpool (Mannex). Snecked red sandstone with ashlar
dressings, slate roof. 2 storeys; U-shaped plan with
asymmetrical, 3-bay entrance front to Duke Street, 5-bay right
return and longer wing across rear which links to Church of St
Mary of Furness (qv). Entrance front: chamfered plinth;
rounded corner on right, corbelled at 1st floor. Quoined
doorway to left of centre has double-chamfered pointed arch
and recessed door with Gothic overlight. Windows to bays 1 & 3
have rounded sills and chamfered ashlar surrounds to later
casements; bay 3 window is set beneath corbelled arch which
supports a projecting stack; bay 1 window is below a canted,
oriel bay window of 1:2:1 lights. Rounded 1st-floor sill band
to a narrow sash above the door; stone gutter blocks. Bay 3 is
gabled with gablet kneelers and ashlar copings; its stack has
bricked-up slit, offsets and string course. Left end gable has
projecting stack and same details. Right return: relieving
arches to 5 ground-floor windows as front; rounded, 1st-floor
sill band to four 2-light windows and two 1-light windows all
having plain sashes. Gutter blocks; right end gable as others;
2 ridge stacks. Front wall of house continues to left as a
screen wall, steps down over a square-headed doorway and links
to Church of St Mary of Furness (qv).
(Mannex Directory: Barrow in Furness: 1876-: 21).

Listing NGR: SD1953969490

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26492300

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)