Description

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TQ 8090-8190
7/91

RAYLEIGH
HIGH STREET (west side)
Nos. 78 to 84 (even)
Francis House (Lloyds Bank)

GV
II
Former house, now a bank. Early/mid C19. Plastered brick. Hipped grey slate roof. Three storeys. Five bays with central raised pediment. Parapet. Band to each storey end and pediment. Pilasters with moulded capitals to first and second floor. 2:1:2 window range of vertically sliding sashes, moulded surrounds, twelve panes to first floor and nine panes to second floor, excepting central first floor double doors. These with anthemion and roundel motifs to cast iron balcony. Five moulded openings to ground floor, those to right and left with six panelled doors, central small paned window with sidelights, small paned door to right and blocked opening to left now with service till. A plaque to first floor relates "Here Lived Edward Belcham Francis, Local Archaeologist and Benefactor who Donated Rayleigh Mount to The National Trust, 1850-1939".

Listing NGR: TQ8058690712

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26593695

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)