Glebe House and Attached Steps and Railings
GLEBE HOUSE AND ATTACHED STEPS AND RAILINGS, WEST STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1225510
- Date first listed:
- 23-May-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Glebe House and Attached Steps and Railings
- Statutory Address:
- GLEBE HOUSE AND ATTACHED STEPS AND RAILINGS, WEST STREET
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- Date:
- 2002-10-14
- Reference:
- IOE01/09372/09
- Rights:
- © Mr Richard S. Walker. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1225510
- Date first listed:
- 23-May-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 12-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Glebe House and Attached Steps and Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- GLEBE HOUSE AND ATTACHED STEPS AND RAILINGS, WEST STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- GLEBE HOUSE AND ATTACHED STEPS AND RAILINGS, WEST STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Easton on the Hill
- National Grid Reference:
- TF 00937 04591
Details
EASTON ON THE HILL WEST STREET TF0004 (East side) 10/84 Glebe House and attached steps 23/05/67 and railings (Formerly listed as The Rectory) GV II* Rectory, now house. Early C18. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressing and limestone ashlar facade to garden front. Collyweston slate roof. Double depth plan. 2 storeys with basement and attics. Entrance front is a 5-window range. Central, 6-panel door has arch-head fanlight set in square surround under a stone lintel. 6- and 9-paned sash windows also under stone lintels, which forms continuous ashlar bands. All openings have ashlar dressing. Four, 3-light, ovolo-moulded stone mullion windows to basement. Ashlar quoins and wooden dentilled cornice. 5 hipped roof dormers have mid C19 sash windows. Double gabled roof with ashlar gable parapets and kneelers. Ashlar end stacks with moulded cornices. Flight of steps with iron railings gives access to front door. Sundial over front door has a wave moulded keystone and inscription, "fear the Lord always". Doorway in right gable, with double chamfered jambs, gives access to the basement. Rear elevation, to garden, is a similar 5-window range, with moulded stone window surrounds. Central part-glazed door has similar surround. Interior has C18 staircase with square newels and turned balusters. Room to right of entrance has a C18 secondary stair. Rooms on garden front have some plain panelling, wooden cornices and chair rails. Fireplaces have bolection moulded wooden surrounds. Fireplace at first floor has eared surround and egg and dart enrichment. C18 cooking range in basement. Attic has plaster floor. Said to have been the home of Captain Lancelott Skynner, R.N., who was captain of H.M.S. Lutine which was ship wrecked in 1799. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: 59)
Listing NGR: TF0093704591
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 421706
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire, (1984)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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