Church House Including Service Wings

ASHFORD BOWDLER

SO5170 Church House including service 482-1/14/13 wings 15/03/74

GV II

House. c1785 to early C19. Painted brick with cogged brick course under deep eaves with hipped slate roof. Part projecting eaves chimneys. Integral gable end chimneys to rear wings. Rectangular main block with 2 parallel rear wings. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with 2-storey rear wings. 3-window facade of 6/6 sashes with 8/8 sashes at ground level and 3/3 sashes at second-floor level. Sashes have fluted architraves, cornices and stone sills. Central 4-centred doorway with glazed door with gothick-style glazing bars. Left return side: to right is a projecting 2-storey semicircular bay with conical slate roof; 6/6 sash window over glazed doors with side lights with surrounds as the front but with additional pendant serrated cornice boards. To left is one 8/8 sash to ground floor. Rear: to right is one 6/6 sash and a 3/3 second-floor sash; at ground floor a pair of 3-light glazed doors with top light and fluted architraves and pendant panelled cornice board. To centre a flat-roofed first-floor outshut with 6/6 sash as the front, now partially open at ground level with glazed door similar to the front door. Remainder of rear elevation partly masked by south service wing. Right return side: 6/6 first-floor sash to right in brick segmental-arched opening and 3/3 sash to second-floor level. Ground floor masked by C20 flat-roofed extension. INTERIOR: C18 staircase. Interiors with original features generally complete. Service wing to south: C18 service wing with former carriageway arches still evident amidst C20 re-fenestration. C17 joists and bridging beam. Service wing to north: C18 core to 2-storey wing, altered in C19. 3-window range facing north-west with 3/6 sash to left with doorcase under with open pediment canopy set on brackets.

Listing NGR: SO5189770549