Description

High Cross
TL 36 18 STANDON NORTH DRIVE
(north side)

9/15 The Rectory
(60m to W of church)

GV II

Vicarage, now a house. Circa 1846 probably by Anthony Salvin
(1799-1881), later rear extension. Built for Dame Louisa Giles
Puller of Youngsbury, with church and school in the new
ecclesiastical district formed in 1845. Red brick and red tile
roof hipped at E. 2 storeys, 3 windows house facing S with
gabled wing on left and entrance on W. Red brick-work in English
bond with black diaper patterns. Chamfered plinth, floor band,
and bargeboards with pendants. 2-light casement upper windows
with flat gauged arches and chamfered cornices. Similar heads to
tall lower openings with windows each side of French doors, all
with decorative patterns of glazing bars in squares and octagons
in mullioned and transomed 3-light windows. Projecting chimneys
at each end and at rear all with tall separate square shafts
joined at the tops. Stone chamfered Tudor arched doorway on W
with triple sunk panels over and narrow stone window to left. 2
storeys brickand tile rear extension not of special interest.
Included for group value. (Pevsner (1977) 195)

Listing NGR: TL3644818642

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26471477

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5