Description

BEAUMONT-CUM-MOZE CHAPEL ROAD
TM 12 SE (south side)

5/4 Beaumont Rectory
29.4.52
GV II*

House. Circa 1800. Red brick in Flemish bond, roofed with old grey slate.
Double-pile plan facing E, with 2 internal stacks symmetrically arranged, and
one at rear left. 2 storeys with attics. 5-window range of original sashes of
12 lights with gauged flat brick arches, painted reveals and crown glass. In
attic, 3 original sashes in semi-circular headed dormers. Central half-glazed
door and overlight with marginal lights and panelled reveals, Greek Doric
portico with triglyph frieze and 4 stone steps. Moulded stone cornice above
first-floor windows, plain parapet with stone coping. Hipped mansard roofs. The
left return has one original sash on the ground floor, 2 on the first floor and
a similar attic window. The right return has one blind aperture and one
original sash on each floor. Original lead rainwater heads and pipes. The rear
elevation has a 3-window range of original sashes, 2 similar attic windows, and
an off-centre 6-panel flush door with overlight, panelled jambs and soffit,
dentilled and moulded flat canopy, and 6 stone steps with wrought iron
handrails, all original. Walls connected with the house extend backwards from
each rear corner for approx. 5 metres, each with one semi-circular recessed arch
of gauged brick. The interior has the original 3-flight geometrical stair with
scrolled tread ends, wreathed handrail and stick balusters, doors, architraves,
skirtings, and folding shutters. The estate was acquired by Guy's Hospital
c.1760 (P. Morant, The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex, 1768, I,
486); the house is reported to have been a rectory from c.1850 to c.1955.

Listing NGR: TM1777324977

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532798

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments