Description

DEAN PRIOR LOWER DEAN
SX 76 SW

6/12 Dean Court

11-11-52

- II*

Farmhouse, divided into two tenements. Late C16. Stone rubble with granite
quoins, mostly roughcast except for front porch. Bitumenised slate roof with
gabled ends. Originally E-shaped on plan but east wing has been demolished.
Two storeys. Two storeyed gabled porch to right of centre with moulded granite
four-centred arch doorway with carved spandrels and label, relieving arch above
and small blocked panel above that. Only the stops of the first floor corridor
label remain. The side windows of the porch are moulded two-light granite mullioned
and small convex diamond shaped squits below. Gabled wing to left and late
C19 four-light hall windows between with C20 metal frame casements above. Three
large rendered chimney stacks on rear wall. Later accretions at rear. Interior:
Hall has slightly raised dais. The screen has moulded panelling, and fluted
giant pilasters and entablature with rosettes on the frieze, elliptual tympanum
over the two doors with radiating fluting. Hall ceiling renewed. Hall fireplace
has granite jambs and renewed granite lintel. Moulded plaster arches at higher
end of hall with moulded panels either side. Enormous nail-studded and moulded
front door to screens passage with heavily moulded wooden doorframe. The door
is complete with lock. The back doorway of screens passage also has heavily
moulded doorframe. Victoria stairs in screens passage acroos screen. Two moulded
wooden doorframes on landing. Small stone fireplace over porch with ogee arch.
Some C18 panelled doors and panelled window shutters. Dean Court is said to
have been built by John Giles, father of Sir Edward Giles (1566-1637) whose
monument is in St Georges Church, Dean Prior gv. It seems probable that much
of the building was undertaken by Sir Edward Giles.

Listing NGR: SX7328064782

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533119

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings