Description

SU 62 SW WARNFORD
4/9 Abbey House, (Formerly
6.3.67 Kilmore)
II
House. 1825, built as a Rectory by the Rev. E Lancaster. Walls of brickwork in
English bond with some blue headers, red flush dressings; plinth, rubbed flat and
round arches (within ground-floor blind arches), parapet with stone coping and
deep decorative brick band: stone cills. Mansard hipped tile roof, flat-roofed
dormers. Square building of classical form: symmetrical east front of two storeys
three windows. Sashes in reveals, with arched heads to the ground-floor. Door-
case of the Doric Order, with triglyphs and finely-fluted (top two-thirds)
columns, two columns and two pilasters, arched opening with decorative fanlight,
architrave, 6-panelled door, above stone steps. The north elevation is symmetrical,
with full-height bows at each side, two storeys and attic, 2.2.2 windows, the ground-
floor deep casements having narrow side panes. The other elevations are irregular,
with similar features and brick dentil eaves, and a large C20 French window at the
south side.

Listing NGR: SU6193022818

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26633523

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas