Listed Building: GLEBE HOUSE AND ATTACHED STEPS AND RAILINGS (1225510)

Rectory, now house. Early C18. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressing and limestone ashlar facade to garden front. Collyweston slate roof. Double depth plan. 2 storeys with basement and attics. Entrance front is a 5-window range. Central, 6-panel door has arch-head fanlight set in square surround under a stone lintel. 6- and 9-paned sash windows also under stone lintels, which forms continuous ashlar bands. All openings have ashlar dressing. Four, 3-light, ovolo-moulded stone mullion win ows to basement. Ashlar quoins and wooden dentilled cornice. 5 hipped roof dormers have mid C19 sash windows. Double gabled roof with ashlar gable parapets and kneelers. Ashlar end stacks with moulded cornices. Flight of steps with iron railings gives access to front door. Sundial over front door has a wave moulded keystone and inscription, "fear the Lord always". Doorway in right gable, with double chamfered jambs, gives access to the basement. Rear elevation, to garden, is a similar 5-windo range, with moulded stone window surrounds. Central part-glazed door has similar surround. Interior has C18 staircase with square newels and turned balusters. Room to right of entrance has a C18 secondary stair. Rooms on garden front have some plain panelling, wooden cornices and chair rails. Fireplaces have bolection moulded wooden surrounds. Fireplace at first floor has eared surround and egg and dart enrichment. C18 cooking range in basement. Attic has plaster floor. Said to have been the home of Captain Lancelott Skynner, R.N., who was captain of H.M.S. Lutine which was ship wrecked in 1799. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: 59)

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