Description

SD 52NW HUTTON POPE LANE

4/13 Rawstorne House
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- II

Parish Workhouse, 1827, now house. Brick with stone dressings and slate
roof. Long range, rectangular plan, ridge stack in centre, gable stack at
right end. Three storeys including raised basement. Right half of facade
is now blind; raised entrance with double flight of brick steps in centre
of left half of facade, stone doorcase; one basement window to left of
steps; 5 windows on each floor above, of varied sizes but all with stone
sills, splayed stone heads and top-hung casements. Evidence of former
square window openings in right end: 5 at basement level, 2 on each of 1st
and 2nd floor levels. Square stone tablet between 1st and 2nd floors over
door, with incised inscription:

"This Work House was erected in the year 1827 at the
Expense of the Tax payers of the Township of Hutton.
The Foundation & Area consisting of 1106 square
yards. Given by Law Rawstorne Esq."

(Building has been used as farmhouse, and rear wall altered as barn
entrance.) - 8 -

Listing NGR: SD5187425976

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26330575

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy