Description

SALTFORD

ST6867 THE SHALLOWS
739-1/6/95 (West side)
19/06/75 The Old Rectory
(Formerly Listed as:
KEYNSHAM
THE SHALLOWS, Saltford
(West side)
The Rectory)

II

Rectory, now house. 1814 with c1840 and later C19 alterations.
Render and coursed rubble stone dressings, ashlar bays and
copings; shallow-pitched slate roofs with end and ridge ashlar
stacks.
PLAN: irregular L-shaped plan with staircase in the angle of
the two ranges.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey; 3-window ranges face south and east. South
facade of 3 elements: two 3-light outer bay windows rising
above eaves with tall casements to ground floor and
plate-glass sashes to first floor; recessed panels between
window areas and blind parapets above eaves. The bays are tied
into the facade by platbands across the entire wall face.
Single plate-glass sash to first-floor middle bay. East facade
has central tripartite porch with glazed Carnarvon-arched
openings flanking part-glazed, panelled door; projecting
gabled bay to right with tall 2-light paired casements to
ground floor, bracketed cornice and sunk panels with roundels
at mid-floor level and 2 plate-glass sashes above with blind
semicircular-arched heads and keyed oculus below gable with
oversailing eaves.
INTERIOR: includes 1814 staircase with cast-iron handrail and
floral balusters.
FURTHER INFORMATION: the bay window is in the manner of the
Bath Italianate school of HE Goodridge /Wilson and Wilcox.
(White E: Keynsham and Saltford: Keynsham: 1990-: 47).

Listing NGR: ST6867867334

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26664491

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings