Glebe House

TOLLESBURY CHURCH STREET TL 9410-9510 (east side) 8/9 No. 17 (Glebe House) - II

House. C18, extended in early C19 and C20. Red and gault brick in Flemish bond, roofed with slate. T-plan facing S, with internal stacks at each side and external stack at rear end. Stair tower in right rear angle. Early C19 entrance range to front, extending slightly to left of original front, of gault brick, with internal stacks at each side. C20 flat-roofed extension to rear, linking house to formerly freestanding ancillary range to right, of red brick roofed with handmade red clay tiles, and C20 flat-roofed single-storey extension beyond. 2 storeys and attics. S elevation, ground floor, 2 tripartite sashes of 4-12-4 lights. First floor, 3 early C19 sashes of 16 lights in long and short panes, with crown glass. Central half-glazed door with side lights, and C20 classical porch with fluted columns and 4 stone steps. Long overhanging eaves on profiled brackets with turned pendants. The left return of the original building has 2 original sashes of 16 lights on the ground floor, and on the first floor one similar sash and an oval stone plaque with gauged brick surround, and faint inscription reported to have date 1769. The original house has a gambrel roof with vertically hung slates on the 3 ends of the attic storey. The rear wing has a moulded string at first floor and a dentilled course below the eaves. Built as the Vicarage or Rectory.

Listing NGR: TL9567710255