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presbytery/parochial/curate's house

presbytery/parochial/curate's house
presbytery/parochial/curate's house
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Detached three-bay two-storey over half-basement former parochial house, built c. 1880, with projecting gable-fronted entrance bay and hipped return and lean-to extension to rear. Now in use as house. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and paired moulded corbels to eaves course. Painted smooth rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with replacement uPVC windows having render label-mouldings, those of lower floors with decorative stops. Round-headed one-over-one pane sliding timber sash window to central-bay with paned margin. Square-headed door opening with replacement timber door having an overlight and render label-moulding with decorative stops. Flight of sandstone steps to door with rendered balustrade. Free-standing statue to front of site.
Set within its own grounds this well-proportioned house retains interesting features such as the broad flight of entrance steps and the central round-headed window The statue to the garden attests to its origins as a parochial house and the building's appearance is enlivened by decorative features such as the label and hood mouldings to the openings. Located to the north-west of the church this building formed part of a group of related religious buildings.

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