Description

EASTON ON THE HILL WEST STREET
TF0004 (East side)
10/84 Glebe House and attached steps
23/05/67 and railings
(Formerly listed as The
Rectory)
GV II*
Rectory, now house. Early C18. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressing
and limestone ashlar facade to garden front. Collyweston slate roof. Double
depth plan. 2 storeys with basement and attics. Entrance front is a 5-window
range. Central, 6-panel door has arch-head fanlight set in square surround under
a stone lintel. 6- and 9-paned sash windows also under stone lintels, which
forms continuous ashlar bands. All openings have ashlar dressing. Four, 3-light,
ovolo-moulded stone mullion windows to basement. Ashlar quoins and wooden
dentilled cornice. 5 hipped roof dormers have mid C19 sash windows. Double
gabled roof with ashlar gable parapets and kneelers. Ashlar end stacks with
moulded cornices. Flight of steps with iron railings gives access to front door.
Sundial over front door has a wave moulded keystone and inscription, "fear the
Lord always". Doorway in right gable, with double chamfered jambs, gives access
to the basement. Rear elevation, to garden, is a similar 5-window range, with
moulded stone window surrounds. Central part-glazed door has similar surround.
Interior has C18 staircase with square newels and turned balusters. Room to
right of entrance has a C18 secondary stair. Rooms on garden front have some
plain panelling, wooden cornices and chair rails. Fireplaces have bolection
moulded wooden surrounds. Fireplace at first floor has eared surround and egg
and dart enrichment. C18 cooking range in basement. Attic has plaster floor.
Said to have been the home of Captain Lancelott Skynner, R.N., who was captain
of H.M.S. Lutine which was ship wrecked in 1799.
(RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: 59)

Listing NGR: TF0093704591

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557835

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)