Description

ANSFORD CP ANSFORD HILL (West side)
ST6432
6/21 Hillcrest School House
(formerly listed as The Rectory),
and front boundary railings
24.3.61
GV II

Detached house; formerly a rectory, now a school. C18. Cary stone cut and squared with Doulting stone dressings; Welsh
slate roof between coped gables; reconstructed stone and brick chimney stacks. Double roof plan; 2 storeys, 5 bays, of
which the centre bay projects slightly. Plinth eaves course; 12-pane sash windows in architraved surrounds, the glazing
bars removed at lower level; central 6-panel door having 4 panels glazed, in architraved surround with pedimented hood
on console brackets. Two lean- to extensions on west gable. Interior not inspected, but noted were fielded-panel
internal doors and matching features. Four metres east of house, and for full width of house, wrot iron railings,
probably C19, with necked spear points and square urn-type finials to scroll-braced standards; double standards with
diamond pattern bracing to central gateway; gate to match, with Greek key ornament to middle rail - the whole enhancing
the setting of the house in the streetscape.

Listing NGR: ST6416232853

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26307923

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Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6