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SU 1429 SW
5/5

THE CLOSE
No 70 (Leaden Hall)

28.2.52.

GV
I
Original canonical house on this site built by Elias de Dereham, designer of the Cathedral, probably one of earliest in the Close. Present house built to north in 1717 some reused Old stonework in fabric. Stucco buttressed east front, with moulded eaves cornice and old tile roof half hipped. Three windows on first floor. Two windows on ground floor, the right hand windows on three light. All windows with drip moulds. Projecting central ('Gothic') buttressed porch with glazed door, early C19. A central arched fanlight with four central arched panes. West front in two parts, the main part taller, all of ashlar stone faith moulded cornice and parapet, and three tall windows. A lower extension and service block to the north also of three windows.

All the listed buildings in the Close form an outstanding group.

Listing NGR: SU1410929327

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17530015

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)