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Braybrooke House

A Grade I Listed Building in Salisbury, Wiltshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.0664 / 51°3'59"N

Longitude: -1.7996 / 1°47'58"W

OS Eastings: 414135

OS Northings: 129697

OS Grid: SU141296

Mapcode National: GBR 51F.1TM

Mapcode Global: FRA 7639.JPF

Plus Code: 9C3W3682+H4

Entry Name: Braybrooke House

Listing Date: 28 February 1952

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1023622

English Heritage Legacy ID: 319041

ID on this website: 101023622

Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Salisbury

Built-Up Area: Salisbury

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

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Description


THE CLOSE
1.
1594
Nos 57, 57A and 57B
(Braybrooke House)
SU 1429 NW 3/14 (Formerly listed as
Choir School House)
28.2.52.
I GV
2.
This was the master's house of the former Chorister's School No 56c qv and
the residence of Canon Alexander de Hemingsby. Originally Nos 56c and 57 were
one building. C15/Cl4 refronted early C18. 2 storeys and attic. Brick with
stone quoins and first floor string. Moulded and coved cornice. Old tile
roof. 2 hipped dormers with lead casements. 5 windows with architrave frames
on first floor. 4 similar windows on ground floor and 6-Panel central door
with pediment hood on large carved scroll brackets with acanthus leaf ornament.
Tho earlier structure survives to rear. 2 storeys flint and stone rubble,
some tile herringbone. Later additions and restorations. 2 large tile hung
gables. Pointed arched stone framed window. 2 external chimney stacks of
flint rubble. C18 staircase and 2 front rooms one with panelling the other
with Rococo stucco work in alcove arch. Remains of timber framework to earlier
part.

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


Listing NGR: SU1415029701

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