Description

NY 43 SE DACRE GREAT BLENCOW

13/49 Burbank House

27.12.67

II

Grammar school now private house. 1793. Mixed sandstone and limestone rubble
walls, with eaves cornice and V-jointed quoins, on chamfered plinth. Graduated
greenslate roof with coped gables and kneelers; open bellcote on gable, and
banded ashlar chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 6 bays with single-storey, single-bay
right kitchen extension. Off-centre panelled door and intersecting glazing-bar
fanlight in alternate-block surround with round arch. Extreme left doorway also
has alternate-block surround and reused lintel from the earlier school;
inscribed THOMAS BURBANK 1577 with Latin tag. Ground-floor sash windows with
intersecting glazing-bar heads in round-headed stone surrounds; similar sash
windows with glazing bars in stone surrounds above, but with flat heads. The
stone bellcote has open-arched sides under pyramidal roof with greyhound vane.
Extension has blank front wall and similar details to match house. Left return
wall has C20 garage door under blocked Venetian window, flanked by round-headed
windows. Upper floor flat-headed sash windows with glazing bars under oval
window flanked by blocked small square attic windows. Rear single-storey
extension in similar details. Central round-headed window, otherwise all
flat-headed sashes with glazing bars. Endowed as a school in 1577 and closed
c1919.

Listing NGR: NY4555632701

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26438681

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)