Description

CHILDREY CHURCH ROW
SU3687 (North side)
12/50 Cantorist House
24/11/66

GV II

House. Late C17 left wing and central range with earlier C17 right wing. Left
and central wings built of chalk rubble brought to course, rendered front to
left wing; limestone dressings and brick quoins to central blocks; right wing
has C20 mock timber-framing with brick infill, this being a replacement of the
original timber frame, and has C18 chalk and brick to right side wall. Stone
slate roof to left wing, tiled to central and right wings; brick stacks.
Central hall block flanked by side wings. 2-storey side wings, 1 1/2 storey
central block, 3-window range. Plain pointed arch of c.1900 with splayed
architrave over plank door to left side of central block. Right wing has
four-light C20 window. Central block has flat brick arches over two mullioned
and transomed 4-light windows of c.1900 divided by central buttress: rear
elevation has hipped dormers flanking central gabled projection of c.1900 with
6-light mullioned and transomed windows. Front of left wing has projecting
gable end stack; 3-window range to left side all of timber lintels over
original 3-light leaded casements, 2 restored; right side has timber lintel
over blocked ribbed door, 2-window range has one original 3-light leaded
casement and similar C20 casments. Hipped roof to right, gabled to left; ridge,
end and lateral stacks. Interior: right side wing retains 3-bay queen- strut
roof with butt purlins; to right of entrance to central block is keyed arch
opening to main room, open to roof with middle truss of C17 queen-post roof
with clasped purlins removed; Edwardian fireplace in French Gothic style and
carved heads of c.1900 flank rear square bay; carved ornament to ends of all
lintels. Left wing has straight-flight and quarter-turn stairs of c.1900;
chamfered and stopped beams and chamfered bressumer over open fireplace in rear
room, and full set of chamfered and stopped beams with C17 stone fireplace in
front room; chamfered and stopped beams to first floor, marble fireplace of
c.1900 to rear wall and stone C17 fireplace to front room; 4-bay queen-strut
and collar-truss with butt purlins. To rear of left wing is 2-storey block of
c.1800: Flemish bond brick, original rainwater goods, tiled roof.

Listing NGR: SU3602887773

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26492496

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)