Listed Building: THE RECTORY AND ATTACHED WALL AND RAILINGS TO FRONT (412592)

POOLE SZ0090SE ST JAMES'S CLOSE 958-1/17/157 (East side) 14/06/54 The Rectory and attached wall and railings to front (Formerly Listed as: ST JAMES'S CLOSE (East side) Rectory) (Formerly Listed as: ST JAMES'S CLOSE (East side) Front garden wall of Rectory) GV II Formerly known as: Rectory CHURCH CLOSE. Rectory. 1786, extended early C19 by one bay to left. Header bond brickwork to front with stone and stucco dressings, banded gable stacks and a pantile roof. Mid Georgian style. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys, attic and basement; 5-window range with lower 1-window left-hand range. Double fronted with a brick cornice and parapet, timber doorcase to a round-arched doorway with roundels and an open pediment, fanlight and 6-panel door; keyed cambered lintels to 6/6-pane sashes, 2 C20 dormers and 2 basement lights with cambered heads. C19 side range slightly set back with similar glazing. INTERIOR: reported to include a central rear open-well stair, some panelling in hall, good fireplace with acanthus carving. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached brick wall with iron railings and stone coping, extending approx 20m, to front garden. Garden wall listed 28.5.74. (RCHME: County of Dorset (South East): London: 1970-: 208). Listing NGR: SZ0085890466

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