Listed Building: CRANFIELD HOUSE AND ADJOINING GARDEN WALLS (3.70.37)

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Grade II*
Authority
EH LBS Legacy ID 242318
Date assigned 07 August 1952
Date last amended

Description

Former prebendal house of Oxton I, now a house. Built 1709 for canon George Mompesson. Brick with stone dressings and hipped slate roof. Plinth, rusticated quoins, first floor band, moulded eaves, 2 brick ridge stacks. Front windows all glazing bar sashes with plain surrounds. 2 storeys plus attics, 5-window range. Central first floor window has moulded surround and segmental pediment breaking into the eaves. Attic has 3 gabled dormers. Moulded doorcase with half-glazed door and overlight. Interior has 2 panelled rooms and original staircase. This building closely resembles Mompesson House, Salisbury, built c1701 by another member of the family. Adjoining brick garden walls have gabled coping. Street side has a central pair of square stone gatepiers and simple wrought iron gates. This building is one of the 9 remaining prebendal houses formerly attached to Southwell Minster. (Norman Summers: A Prospect of Southwell: London: 1974-: 85-86). (NCC/js)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 70239 53879 (42m by 65m)
Map sheet SK75SW
District Newark
Civil Parish Southwell, Newark

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Record last edited

Apr 29 2015 11:39AM

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