History

1893-94, by G F Bodley, architect, of London.

Exterior

House, 2 storeys, grey-pink Swelldon stone with bathstone dressings, slate roof, stone chimneys; double-pile plan. Facing Metal Street, 5 window asymmetrical front with slightly advanced entrance bay which runs up as gable, first floor window with 2 ogee lights; 4-mullioned overlight to ogee-headed doorway with hoodmould. To R of entrance, first floor has two 3-light windows at eaves, ground floor has 3-light mullion and transom window and 3-light Gothic window with cusped tracery; to L of entrance, first floor has window as R, ground floor has two 2-light mullion and transom windows with ogee heads. Facing Sun Street, gable end has first floor window of 3 cusped lights, and similar 2-light first floor window, to L, cross range has 2 first floor and 3 ground floor windows; single-storey block to L, 4-light mullion and transom window to gable above. Rear of house has three-2-storey gabled bays, R of these has 4-light mullion and transom stair window; others (rendered gables) have 3-light windows (glazed splays) to each floor.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as good unaltered example of clergy house by this important architect. Group value with church and former school.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29491706

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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