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Detached H-plan seven-bay two-storey over basement bishop's palace, built c. 1860. Comprising portico and projecting end-bays to front (west) and rear (east) elevations, those to rear having full-height bay windows. Box bay windows to north and south elevations. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and overhanging eaves with brackets. Rendered walls with render plinth course. Render string course and pilasters to bay windows, rear elevation. Square-headed openings to centre-bay having render surrounds and replacement uPVC windows throughout. Those to first floor having render continuous sill course. Square-headed window openings with painted sills. Portico comprising moulded entablature, Doric-style pilasters and columns. Recessed square-headed opening with overlight and timber panelled door with flanking sidelights. Flight of rendered steps to entrance. Square-headed opening to south having overlight and timber panelled door with flanking sidelights. Cast-iron railings to basement level, front elevation. Pair of rendered square-profile piers to south-west having recessed panels, ornate caps and double-leaf cast-iron gates. Cast-iron railings set on rendered plinths terminating in second pair of piers. Pedestrian entrance to west comprising pair of square-profile painted render square-profile piers with single-leaf ornate cast-iron gate. Rubble limestone boundary walls to site.
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