Description

MORCHARD BISHOP CHURCH STREET (north side)
SS 7607 - 7707
Morchard Bishop
11/143 Glebe House
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26.8.65
- II

House. Mid C19. Plastered cob and rubble; brick stacks and chimney shafts;
thatched roof. 2-room plan main block facing south with crosswings projecting
forward each forming overall U-plan. Front part of main block contains entrance
hall and stairs. Axial stacks each end of main block and lateral stacks on outer
sides of each wing. 2 storeys. Nearly symmetrical 3-window front, 1 to each
crosswing and 1 to main front, all C19 and C20 replacement casements with glazing
bars. 6-panel door to left of main block and red-tiled monopitch roofed porch. At
right end in corner with right crosswing is original cast iron rainwater head and
drain pipe. Main roof is higher than the wings and is half-hipped each end onto
ridge of crosswings. Crosswings are gable ended to front and rear. Tall chimney
shafts each side. On outer side of each crosswing the brick work of the flues is
exposed as they arch together over small round-headed window with Gothick glazing
bars. Diamond panes have been releaded in right (east) end. Rear elevation to
garden has regular 4-window front with 2-window main block broken forward from
crosswings. Windows are variety of late C19 and C20 casements and includes 12-pane
sash. Windows are larger than on front.
Interior includes much original joinery and plasterwork. Mid C19 roof structure
with king post trusses to main block.
An unusually large house to be built in cottage ornee style.

Listing NGR: SS7716307554

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542507

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy