Description

SJ 68 SE ASTON-BY-BUDWORTH C.P. ARLEY GREEN

3/6 The Old Parsonage

5.3.59

GV II

House. c1750. Red Flemish bond brick with stone dressings and slate
roof. 2 storeys with an attic and basement. Entrance front:
Symmetrical of 3 bays, central doorcase with pilasters and open
pediment with fanlight. Door has 6 raised and fielded panels.
3-light casement windows to right and left with 3 similar windows to
first floor all with splayed heads and stone sills and all being C19
replacements of taller, narrower C18 sash windows. C20 roundel above
first floor central window and 3-light triangle-headed window to
central pediment. Wooden frieze and cornice. One storey C19
extension to left. Gable chimney stacks each having 7 tall moulded
C19 flues. West side: basement casement windows of 4, 2 and 3 lights.
Ground floor windows of 2 lights to right and left and similar to
centre. Similar window to first floor right. Two 3-light windows to
attic. Abutting walls at right angles to house projecting from
corners and terminating in piers and caps with ball finials. Stone
kneelers to gable ends. Rear elevation: 3 bays symmetrical. Central
doorway with half Ionic columns to either side with an
entablature and pediment with dentils. Flight of 5 stone steps below.
Door has 2 lower raised and fielded panels with 2 x 4 glass panes
above. Basement sash windows to either side of 3 x 2 panes. Ground
floor windows of 3 x 4 panes. Stone sills and splayed heads with
keystones. Similar windows to right and left of first floor with
similar window to centre, altered this century, of 3 x 6 panes
(originally 3 x 4 panes). Two 3-light dormer casement windows. C20
gun room extension to right.

Listing NGR: SJ6821880837

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614926

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