NHER 30757 (Building record) - Gillingham House
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TM49SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GILLINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Gillingham House
Former rectory. Late 18th century. Brick, part rendered; slate and black glazed pantiles. Two storey and attics, two storey rear wing. Unequal T plan, double pile to south. Six bay facade; doorway offset one bay to east; moulded architrave, pilasters and canopy. Dentilled cornice. Four cambered dormers. Parapet. Parapeted gables. That to east with tumbling and internal stack. West gable with elaborate external stack with corbelled flues and weathered tumbled offsets. Two storey bow window at west end rear pile; semi circular headed openings to ground floor. Two storey hipped rear range with off centre stack. Interior; principal ground floor rooms have 18th century ceilings with geometrical rib patterns. Good classical sitting room fireplace. Plain original staircase.
Information from (S1).
Listed Grade II.
E. Rose (NLA), 2 August 1994.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 359.
- --- SNF487 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1994. Sale advertisement. 16 September.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
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Record last edited
Apr 27 2016 8:20AM