Listed Building: ASKERWELL HOUSE (105032)

SY 59 SW ASKERSWELL NALLER'S LANE 3/12 Askerswell House 7-8-52 - II Detached House, former Rectory. Dated: "Deo Gloria 1851" on canted bay (stone-shield). Ashlar stone walls, with a moulded plinth. Slate roofs, pentice and hipped at left hand, and gabled to front at right hand with stone gable-coping and kneelers. Dressed stone stacks, at left hand (base of hip), and projecting stack with set- offs and moulded cornice up the right hand gable, 2 storeys and dormers. 3 windows to front entrance elevation, and gabled bay right of that. Left to right: pentice-bay, 3- and 2-light stone mullions with returned labels over, cast-iron original casements with glazing-bars and lozenges at intersections. Bay 2: 2-storey canted-bay window, with 3-light stone mullions to front, one at sides. Same casements. Pedimented dormer over with same 2-light casements. Bay 3: Front doorway, pointed arch with label and stops, moulded jambs. Recess- panel door with Y-tracery head. 2-light casement over with label of the above type pedimented dormer over, of usual type. Bay 4: gabled with stack as mentioned above. South elevation has canted oriel at left hand side, and large 3-light casement right of this. Parapet is gabled up over each window bay, and has an octagonal standard projecting above apex. The casements are an important element in the design. Listing NGR: SY5310692623

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Dec 6 2018 9:13AM