Description

SW 84 SE
4/18

RUAN LANIHORNE
RUAN LANIHORNE
Old Parsonage

GV
II

Rectory (now private house) 1850. By William White. Slate rubble with granite
dressings and scantle slate and dry slate roofs and axial and lateral rubble stone
stacks with bands. Gothic style with deliberately irregular plan and elevations
creating romantic silhouette. 2 storeys. Stucco south-west. 3 window front has
pair of trefoil headed 2-light mullions with transoms to left bay; flat-headed 4-
light shouldered headed mullion to middle bay; 5-light trefoil headed to right under
2-centred shallow arch and 3-light trefoil head windows to first floor under steep
gables smaller to middle and with hammer beam external truss to left gable. Windows
are granite mostly with plaster hoodmoulds. Granite windows to other fronts are
without hoodmoulds and have varied details including 2-light one with quatrefoil
over to entrance front. Bell cote to gable of south-east single storey wing.
Interior has much original detail including corbelled and arched granite fireplace
to west room, stair with octagonal baluster granite 2-centred (springing from 2
levels) arch in vestibule and exposed sash weights.

Listing NGR: SW8953442222

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26433836

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas