Description

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RAUNDS
BERRISTER PLACE
(South side)
Berrister House

GV II

Rectory, now house. Early C18 and early C19. Squared coursed limestone with
Collyweston slate roof. Originally U-shape plan, now double-depth. 2 storeys
with attic. Main front of 5-window range. Central C19 part-glazed door has
panelled reveals, fanlight with glazing bars and moulded wood surround. Sash
windows with glazing bars under gauged stone heads. Moulded stone cornice and
hipped roof with 3 hipped roof dormers with casement windows. Brick and stone
stacks at ridge. Elevation to left has similar sash windows with wood lintels.
Rear elevation has 2 projecting wings with hipped roofs and C19 single-storey
lean-to between. Similar sash windows, one is tripartite. Interior has early C18
staircase with turned balusters, stone flagged floors and remains of large open
fireplace with bressumer in room to right of entrance. Deeds of house date from
C14 when it was a rectory belonging to The College of Newark, Leicester. It
became lay property at the Dissolution of the Monastery after which part of the
grounds were granted for the building of a new vicarage.
(Northamptonshire County Records Office).

Listing NGR: TL0014973056

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26486902

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)