Presbytery adjoining west of Church of St Mary
Presbytery adjoining west of Church of St Mary, Regent Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2AJ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1245911
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Presbytery adjoining west of Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- Presbytery adjoining west of Church of St Mary, Regent Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2AJ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1245911
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1976
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 26-Feb-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Presbytery adjoining west of Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- Presbytery adjoining west of Church of St Mary, Regent Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2AJ
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:
- Presbytery adjoining west of Church of St Mary, Regent Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2AJ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Great Yarmouth (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TG 52869 07629
Details
TG5207NE
839-1/13/152
GREAT YARMOUTH
REGENT ROAD (S)
Presbytery adjoining west of Church of St Mary
09-DEC-1976
II
A church presbytery of 1848-50 by JJ Scoles.
MATERIALS
The presbytery is constructed of knapped Quaternary and Quarry flint with Lincolnshire Limestone dressings under slate roofs.
PLAN
Rectangular in plan, of three storeys.
EXTERIOR
The slightly asymmetrical façade has a projecting bay to the right and a ground floor bay window with parapet to the left. Two projecting gablets on the second floor to the north were added later. All windows are casements with stone surrounds and moulded mullions and are of two or three lights with cusped ogee heads. The rear elevation has a projecting stair turret and added dormer. To the east, a single storey link of knapped flint joins the presbytery with the Church of St Mary to the west.
INTERIOR
A very plain interior with a simple staircase and few historic fixtures and fittings remaining
HISTORY
In 1824, before the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829, the Jesuits started a mission in Great Yarmouth under Father Tate. Tate had purchased a house and warehouse in the old town for Catholic worship, but by 1841 the congregation had outgrown this accommodation and the new priest, Father Lopez, purchased land outside of the town on which the Jesuits would build St Mary's. Built at a cost of £10,000, the Jesuits under the patronage of Father Lythgoe commissioned one of their favoured architects, Joseph John Scoles (1798-1863), to design and build the church and adjoining presbytery. Scoles had married into a Great Yarmouth family and designed a number of buildings in the town including St Peter's Anglican Church (later St Spiridion's Greek Orthodox Church) and Britannia Terrace, Marine Parade, both listed at Grade II.
A third storey with gablets was added to the presbytery in the late C19 or early C20. Other extensions have been added to the rear. The interior has been remodelled on the ground floor and many of the historic fixtures and fittings removed.
SOURCES
Martin, Christopher 'A Glimpse of heaven, Catholic Churches of England and Wales' English Heritage, rev.2009.
Pevsner, N and Wilson, B 'The Buildings of England: Norfolk 1 Norwich and the North-East' 2nd Ed 1997 pp 488-529
www.pastscape.org.uk, accessed 21st August 2009.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION
The presbytery attached to St Mary's Church, Regent Road, Great Yarmouth is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architecture: It has aesthetic merit in its design by the noted architect JJ Scoles, is of good craftsmanship and constructed with quality materials.
* Group Value: It has considerable group value with the attached contemporary Church of St Mary to the west, also by Scoles.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 468598
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 12 March 2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html
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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