The Rectory and Attached Wall and Railings to Front
THE RECTORY AND ATTACHED WALL AND RAILINGS TO FRONT, ST JAMES'S CLOSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1366038
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1954
- List Entry Name:
- The Rectory and Attached Wall and Railings to Front
- Statutory Address:
- THE RECTORY AND ATTACHED WALL AND RAILINGS TO FRONT, ST JAMES'S CLOSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1366038
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1954
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 13-Sept-1995
- List Entry Name:
- The Rectory and Attached Wall and Railings to Front
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE RECTORY AND ATTACHED WALL AND RAILINGS TO FRONT, ST JAMES'S CLOSE
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:
- THE RECTORY AND ATTACHED WALL AND RAILINGS TO FRONT, ST JAMES'S CLOSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Poole
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ 00858 90466
Details
POOLE
SZ0090SE ST JAMES'S CLOSE 958-1/17/157 (East side) 14/06/54 The Rectory and attached wall and railings to front (Formerly Listed as: ST JAMES'S CLOSE (East side) Rectory) (Formerly Listed as: ST JAMES'S CLOSE (East side) Front garden wall of Rectory)
GV II
Formerly known as: Rectory CHURCH CLOSE. Rectory. 1786, extended early C19 by one bay to left. Header bond brickwork to front with stone and stucco dressings, banded gable stacks and a pantile roof. Mid Georgian style. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys, attic and basement; 5-window range with lower 1-window left-hand range. Double fronted with a brick cornice and parapet, timber doorcase to a round-arched doorway with roundels and an open pediment, fanlight and 6-panel door; keyed cambered lintels to 6/6-pane sashes, 2 C20 dormers and 2 basement lights with cambered heads. C19 side range slightly set back with similar glazing. INTERIOR: reported to include a central rear open-well stair, some panelling in hall, good fireplace with acanthus carving. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached brick wall with iron railings and stone coping, extending approx 20m, to front garden. Garden wall listed 28.5.74. (RCHME: County of Dorset (South East): London: 1970-: 236).
Listing NGR: SZ0085890466
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 412592
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Dorset II South East, (1970), 236
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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