Description

THE CLOSE
1.
1594 No 5
SU 1429 NW 3/57 28.2.52.
1I* GV
2.
C14 origin. Choristers Hall. Late C18 refronting. 2 storeys colourwashed
brick, flipped old tile roof, stone bracketed eaves cornice. Symmetrical
front. 5 square window on 1st floor, 4 on ground floor, recessed sashes,
no glazing bars, keystones over. Central door of 6 fielded panels in architrave
frame, plain arched fanlight, plain stone surround with projecting imposts
and keystone. East range to rear has large canted bay window on 1st floor.
The east range appears to be earliest part and has remains of 5 bay hammerbeam
roof.

All the listed buildings in the Close form an outstanding group.

Listing NGR: SU1443029568

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543997

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)