Description

STOKE RIVERS STOKE RIVERS
SS 63 NW
4/155 Glebe House

GV II

House formerly Rectory. C17, partly rebuilt and greatly extended 1855. Stone
rubble with slate roofs. Brick stack at each gable end. Main Gothic style C19
range facing south, asymmetrical facade with off-centre 2-storey porch. C17 right-
angled projection to rear, heightened and mostly refenestrated and again extended to
north in C19. 2-storeys 4-window range, 3 gabled dormers with carved bargeboards
and 2-storey porch window with hoodmould each with heraldic shields in the gables,
that over porch dated 1855, and initials HPA. All timber sashes with large single
panes to each light and thick meeting rails. Ground floor windows have stone
hoodmoulds. Segmental arched porch doorway with plank door of 2 leaves and stone
hoodmould with returned ends. 1/2-glazed 2-panelled inner door with shallow pointed
arch. The C17 range retains a 2-light chamfered mullion window on the north side
and C17 plank door with moulded cover strips under slated lean-to canopy on the west
side.
Interior: C19 interior fittings intact, the principal room to left of entrance hall
has foliated plaster cornice and C19 naturalistic painted scenes on the 4-panelled
door. Barley sugar balusters to geometrical staircase.

Listing NGR: SS6329635353

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458739

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)