The Tower House And Adjoining Walls

CHILDREY CHURCH ROW SU3687 (North side) 12/51 The Tower House and adjoining walls

GV II

House. c.1900. Squared and coursed chalk, limestone dressings and stack; stone slate roof. Square plan with corner stair-turret, 1 1/2-storey. Arts and Crafts style. Front has one 3-light first floor window, timber lintel over plank door: asymmetrical gable with limestone kneelers and half-hipped roof with gablet: Rear right circular stair-turret has semi-circular arch with hood mould and moulded stone architrave over moulded plank door which is slightly curved, 2- light splayed and stone-mullioned window and ball finial to conical roof. Left side of house has late C20 doors and casements to ground floor and original 3- light leaded casements over; original rainwater heads; kneelers to two gables; to left is circular limestone stack. Interior: ground floor remodelled in the C20, but 1st floor layout intact. Tunnel vault to right corridor with access to to right corridor with access to rooms and stair - turret; plank doors with with semi-circular heads, strap hinges and Norfolk latches; curved planked door to limestone spiral stairs, with plain cornice to dome at top. Rear of Tower House attached to wall of c.1900 which runs from south-east corner of churchyard to office; chalk and limestone rubble brought to course, limestone dressings, stone slate coping; Wall carried in triangle over central planked door in semi-circular arch with rebated jambs; ramp to Tower House; triangular section to coping. Part of a complex of buildings at Cantorist House (q.v.) probably contemporary with alterations to the house c.1900.

Listing NGR: SU3604987752