Description

ST42NE SOMERTON CP PARSONAGE HILL (East side)

4/212 The Old Parsonage

17.4.59

GV II*

Detached House. Early C17. Local lias stone cut and squared, Ham stone dressings; Welsh slate roof between coped gables
having ornamented finials; no front chimney stacks. Two storeys with attics; west elevation of 6 bays. Hollow chamfer
mullioned windows with separate labels; bay 1 and 2 have 4 lights below and 3 lights above; bay 3 has 4 lights both
levels; bay 5 has two 3 lights; bay 6 has an angled bay with a single 3 light below and a 1+4+1 light above, under a
moulded coping masking a flat roof: bay 4 has a projecting porch, with moulded pointed segmental arch with square
label, with 3 light window over, above which is a balustered parapet with centre square panel with cross motif and
small segmental pediment: left of bay 1 a cambered arched doorway with label. Extensions to rear of earlier C20.
Entrance through C17 door; stair incorporates C17 balusters; next room north has C17 panelling said to come from
Medwyn, Broad Street (qv), but the cambered arched fireplace and Carolingian overmantel appear original; further
cambered arch fireplaces; circular stair in north East corner, and traces of another alongside hall fireplace;
otherwise much modified. Apparently built or substantialy modifield by Thomas Preene, 'within 4 years of 1619'. (VCH,
Volume III, 1974).

Listing NGR: ST4934528372

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17554136

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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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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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014