Description

ST41NW SHEPTON BEAUCHAMP CP GREAT LANE (South side)

6/53 The Old Rectory and Beauchamp
Manor

16.5.79

GV II

Rectory, now divided into 2 dwellings. 1873 by R.W. Drew of London for V.S.S Coles. Coursed and squared rubble with
freestone dressings, 'tile roofs, pennant dated 1873, tall stone stacks. High Victorian Tudor and neo-Early English
style, roughly a T-plan, "rather plain and gaunt with a central hall for meals, and an oratory (to east) without an
altar where the "lesser hours" are said and confessions sometimes heard". Two storeys and attic, taller gabled
cross-wing to north. Projecting south wing with hipped roof, half-hipped dormers over first floor windows. Irregular
windows of one, 2 and 3-lights, some with transoms and some with trefoiled heads, some lights with sash windows, some
lights with iron casements. East front with projecting oratory and adjacent stair-turret with conical roof; foiled
oculus to gable with buttress below, some stained glass. The principal door opening to north, moulted pointed-arch
freestone surround, paired panelled doors. Interior with cantilevered staircase, turned newels. (VCH, vol IV, 1978).

Listing NGR: ST4020017147

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26530457

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)