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Description: | The rectory was built in 1836 at the expense of Sir Thomas Basing, Bart. The first occupant, Charles Thomas Baring (rector 1834-1847) later became Bishop of Durham. The walls were of dark red brick, with dressings of Bath stone. The clustered and ornamented chimneys were made on the spot in moulds furnished for the purpose from Costessey [Cossey] Hall in Norfolk, built by the same architect in 1826.
The architect was John Chessell Buckler (1793-1894), designer of a number of buildings in the Gothic or Elizabethan styles, and who shortly earlier had obtained second prize in the competition for rebuilding the Houses of Parliament.
The artist, John Buckler, was his father. The distant church is that of St Mary.
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Gentleman's Magazine, April 1845, p 381 (text by John Buckler). | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Subjects: | building rectory Charles Thomas Baring church Buckler, John Chessell, Baring, Thomas house Parsonage House St Mary Houses of Parliament Cossey Hall Costessey Hall Norfolk Bishop of Durham John Buckler | Temporal: | start=1845-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | John Buckler; J Basire, Gentleman's Magazine | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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