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rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house — Thomastown Road

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Detached three-bay two-storey Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland glebe house, built 1812, on a rectangular plan with two-bay two-storey side elevations. Occupied, 1911. Extended, ----, to accommodate continued private residential use. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, cement rendered chimney stacks on axis with ridge having capping supporting terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered cut-granite eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth. Elliptical- or segmental-headed central door opening into glebe house with concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement centred on square-headed window opening (first floor) with cut-granite sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing nine-over-six (ground floor) or six-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows having three-over-two (ground floor) or two-over-two (first floor) sidelights. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus" ceiling rose, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber "spindle" balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in volute, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus" ceiling rose; reception room (south) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; reception room (north) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds.

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