Description

BARROW IN FURNESS

SD1969SE DUKE STREET 708-1/12/60 (North East side) 06/05/76 Presbytery to Church of St Mary of Furness with wall connecting to church

GV II

Presbytery and attached wall. Late C19. By J Byrne of Liverpool (Mannex). Snecked red sandstone with ashlar dressings, slate roof. 2 storeys; U-shaped plan with asymmetrical, 3-bay entrance front to Duke Street, 5-bay right return and longer wing across rear which links to Church of St Mary of Furness (qv). Entrance front: chamfered plinth; rounded corner on right, corbelled at 1st floor. Quoined doorway to left of centre has double-chamfered pointed arch and recessed door with Gothic overlight. Windows to bays 1 & 3 have rounded sills and chamfered ashlar surrounds to later casements; bay 3 window is set beneath corbelled arch which supports a projecting stack; bay 1 window is below a canted, oriel bay window of 1:2:1 lights. Rounded 1st-floor sill band to a narrow sash above the door; stone gutter blocks. Bay 3 is gabled with gablet kneelers and ashlar copings; its stack has bricked-up slit, offsets and string course. Left end gable has projecting stack and same details. Right return: relieving arches to 5 ground-floor windows as front; rounded, 1st-floor sill band to four 2-light windows and two 1-light windows all having plain sashes. Gutter blocks; right end gable as others; 2 ridge stacks. Front wall of house continues to left as a screen wall, steps down over a square-headed doorway and links to Church of St Mary of Furness (qv). (Mannex Directory: Barrow in Furness: 1876-: 21).

Listing NGR: SD1953969490

External Links

• Wikidata Q26492300

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