Description

HEREFORD

SO5139NW CATHEDRAL CLOSE
683-1/7/114 (North side)
10/06/52 Old Deanery House
(Formerly Listed as:
CATHEDRAL CLOSE
The Deanery)

GV II

House, now school. C19 with earlier origins.
Dressed sandstone; plain tile roof; various brick stacks.
E-shaped plan, with gable wings.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 9-window range: plain sashes in
splayed moulded ashlar reveals and architraves; mullion window
with 2 plain sashes, in gables. Central Early English style
gable porch, with studded plank doors; flanked by similar
fenestration; chamfered ashlar plinth.
Right returned side: seven 6/6 sashes, some late C19, in
ashlar reveals under stone lintels; 8 similar sashes to ground
floor, under relieving arches.
Further gable wing to left with 3-light and 2-light stone
mullion windows with 4/4 sashes; stone stacks with brick caps;
similar, scattered fenestration to left returned side.
INTERIOR: early C19 staircase with moulded rail, turned
balusters, and moulded newels with finials; mid C19 open-well
staircase with cast-iron balusters. 2nd floor: C18 fireplace;
C19 fireplace; C19 moulded fireplace with overmantel;
panelling; coved ceiling. 1st floor: late C19, 4-panel door,
and 6-panel doors; early C19 fireplace with marble surround;
moulded ceiling frame; C19 fireplace; ceiling cornice. Ground
floor: margin-glazed overlights; 6-panel doors; C19 tiled
fireplace and overmantel; 4-panel doors and architraves (with
display rails); C19 fireplace; decorated plaster ceiling; C19
cast-iron fireplace; book shelves; C18 fireplace with marble
surround. Cellar: C19, 6-panel door; plank door; brick vault.

Listing NGR: SO5108839811

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491315

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