Description

UFFORD CHURCH LANE
TM 25 SE
(East end)
9/139
16/3/66 The Old Rectory
(formerly listed as
The Rectory)
GV II

House, formerly rectory, C16 or C17 with early C19 and C20 additions and
alterations. Timber framed and brick with pargetted and colourwashed
render and a thatched roof. Two storeys. Entrance front: projecting C19
bay at right with colourwashed pargetting but no windows. The walling here
rises higher than the rest of the house and has a hipped roof. To left of
this is the C16 or C17 portion which has to the ground floor at centre a
C19 verandah with entrance lobbies at either side and a wooden trellis
between supporting the hipped roof. To the rear wall behind the verandah
is an early-C19 three-light casement window. To the first floor above this
is a further similar window. To left at ground floor level is a 3-light
C19 casement and there is a similar window to the jettied first floor which
has applied timber planking simulating close studding. Right hand flank:
(the early C19 addition) two pairs of French windows above which are panels
of imitation timber framing below the two first floor windows, each of 2
lights with louvred shutters. Left hand flank: projecting ground floor
extension at right with a hipped slate roof and to the first floor above
this a 3-light casement with ogee-heads to the lights. Single-light
similar window at right. To left of this is a C19 two-storey addition
which has a sash window of 4 x 4 panes to the right. Rear: projecting C19
wing at right with 2 ground floor windows and to its left hand flank a 1/2-
glazed door at left with cambered head and a window of 4 x 4 sash panes at
right. Two similar windows to the first floor with louvred shutters. To
left of this and recessed is the C16/C17 axial range which has a projecting
bay window to the ground floor at right having 5 central lights with ogee
heads and 2 to the sides. At left of this is a 3-light window with similar
ogee heads. To the first floor are three 2-light casements.
Interior: Chestnut beams and posts to the present kitchen with some planted
C20 timbers. The sitting room has a pine or chestnut beam but the chimney
bressumer is a C15 of C16 beam, perhaps brought from the church rood screen
and re-used here. It has an upper arcade of 4-centered arches with complex
roll and cavetto moulds below. The first floor corridor shows close
studding and a blocked window to one wall. The ceiling heights of the
bedrooms have been raised. Winder staircase of pine.

Listing NGR: TM2991852191

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26281552

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]