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Catholic Church of Our Lady Help of Christians — Swinford

presbytery/parochial/curate's house
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Catholic Church of Our Lady Help of Christians — Swinford
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Detached three-bay two-storey parochial house, built 1912, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed advanced porch to ground floor abutting single-bay full-height projecting end bay; two-bay (west) or single-bay (east) two-storey side elevations. Refenestrated, ----. Vacated, 2011. Disused, 2012. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan, terracotta ridge tiles with "swan neck" finials to apexes, rendered, ruled and lined chimney stacks having "Cavetto"-detailed corbelled stepped stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging timber boarded box eaves having paired timber consoles retaining some cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls on "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cushion course on rendered plinth with moulded rendered red brick "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" stringcourse (first floor). Segmental-headed central opening approached by two concrete steps with rendered archivolt centred on triple keystone. Segmental-headed door opening into parochial house with timber colonette mullions on padstones framing glazed timber panelled door having stained glass sidelights on panelled risers below stained glass overlight. Paired square-headed (west) or square-headed (east) window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing one-over-one timber sash windows having margins. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Catholic Church of Our Lady Help of Christians.

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