Sundial House And Attached Railings

GREAT HASELEY RECTORY ROAD SP60SW (South side) 5/66 Sundial House and attached railings

GV II

House. Early C18, extended mid C18. Limestone ashlar and coursed rubble; old plain-tile roof and brick gable stacks. L-plan. 2 storeys plus attics. Symmetrical 3-window Baroque front with giant pilasters and a moulded stone cornice below a plain parapet. Central niche at first floor with segmental head and keystone over doorway with moulded stone architrave flanked by pilasters. Double segmental-headed windows and stone canopy on columns are c.1850. Roof has 2 hipped roof dormers and is flanked by large projecting stacks. Right stack has small dovecote on rear. Rear of main range has 2 original segmental-headed openings with later sashes. Rear wing has a half-hipped roof with heavy plaster cove and a large stone sundial on the gable wall. Interior: Main rooms have fielded panelling, arching over original openings, one room in plaster and another in wood. A fireplace has an eared architrave; another in rear wing has a wide stone wedge lintel and a bread oven. C18 stair. Cast iron railings to front run between stone piers with moulded caps and bases.

Listing NGR: SP6409201850