Description

THORNTON DALE HIGH STREET
SE 8383
(south side)
14/118 Comber House
GV II
Rectory, now two dwellings. 1839-41; subdivided 1985. By J P Pritchett for
Rev John Richard Hill. Hammer-dressed sandstone on low plinth, with ashlar
dressings; slate roof. Street front: 2-storey, 3-window front to left, with
lower 2-storey, 3-window service wing, slightly set back to right. 8-panel
door in architrave and cornice to centre of left range, flanked by 12-pane
sashes with recessed panels beneath them. Three 12-pane sashes to first
floor. Flat arches of voussoirs to all windows. Central 6-panel door in
plain architrave to service wing with small, newly inserted lattice window
to left. 12-pane sashes with stone sills to left and right and 3 similar
smaller, windows to first floor. Flat arches to all windows. Rear: full
height canted bay to centre of higher end. Paired modillions to eaves
throughout. Hipped roof to left with ridge stacks; centre ridge stack to
service wing, and end stack piercing roof hipped to right. Interior: open
string straight staircase with cast-iron balustrade, turned newel and
moulded and wreathed handrail. End room to left has a built-in glazed
cupboard with dentilled cornice and moulding glazing bars repeating the
elongated hexagonal form of the staircase balustrade. Unoccupied at time of
resurvey.

Listing NGR: SE8382483092

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26534132

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