Description

CATHEDRAL CLOSE
1.
1092
Nos 15 and 15A
SX 9292 NW 13/108 29.1.53.
II* GV
2.
Formerly the Chancellor's house, mostly built by Chancellor Furseman, circa 1740.
although older walls and traces of mediaeval work remain. Recently divided, NO
15 has 2 storeys. 7 windows, red brick front, brick string course and quoins.
Central pediment with oeuil-de-boeuf. Coved conice, dormers. Doorway with pediment
on console brackets. Glazed verandah added and glazing bars altered. Hipped slate
roof with rebuilt brick chimneys. Interior: mid C18 staircase and panelling.
No 15a has pedimented hood on brackets to doorway. Garden wall has blocked 4-centred
arch. The height of this and other features indicate a considerable rise in ground
level here.
All the listed buildings in Cathedral Close form a group.

Listing NGR: SX9219092556

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17547591

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (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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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]