Description

DONHEAD ST. ANDREW ST. BARTHOLOMEWS STREET
ST 92 NW (east side)

4/12 Beauchamp House

GV II

Wrongly shown on O.S. map as Hill House.
Rectory, now private house. 1892 by C.E. Ponting, paid for by H.
Chapman of Donhead House (q.v.). Flemish bond brick with
limestone dressings, tiled hipped roof, brick stacks with stone
cappings. Two-storey, 5-window entrance front. Gabled porch
with round-arched opening and coped verge with kneelers, 4-light
mullioned and transomed window to right, single and 2-light
mullioned casements to left. First floor with string course, two
2-light, 3-light mullioned casements and single chamfered light
with gabled projection to left with 5-light mullioned casements.
Segmental-headed dormer to attic. Right return has 2-storey
polygonal bay with mullioned and transomed casements to left, 3-
light mullioned and transomed casement to right with 2-light to
first floor, segmental-headed attic dormer. Rear has half-glazed
door with large stone shell hood, large square bay to left and
various mullioned casements with large 6-light mullioned and
transomed casement lighting stairs, three gabled dormers with 3-
light mullioned casements. Cast-iron rainwater goods.
Interior retains original joinery; 4-panelled doors in moulded
architraves, eared architraves to ground floor, good stairs with
splat balusters and square newels. Occupies a prominent position
overlooking the Nadder Valley. Ceased to be the rectory during
1950s.
(Diocesan Records)

Listing NGR: ST9125725282

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496513

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)