Description

TF 81 SW SOUTH ACRE

4/38 Old Rectory 9.7.51

GV II

Former rectory. Late C18 and later. Brick, re-used limestone ashlar, knapped flint and gault brick. Flat roof to front block, pantiles to rear. 2 storeyed front block. 3-bay symmetrical facade with 2 full height bays, segmental in plan, with tripartite sash windows with glazing bars beneath rendered skewback arches. Centre bay with a 2-leaf panelled front door beneath a traceried semicircular fanlight and within a doorcase consisting of a pair engaged reeded Roman Doric columns supporting a renewed broken pediment. Single sash window with glazing bars at first floor beneath a rendered skewback arch. Parapet with stone coping. East facade. Later canted bay to side of front block with 6 sash windows with glazing bars (one blind) beneath gault brick skewback arches. Middle bay consists of gable- end of rear block which has a datestone (1841) at base of gable. The fabric is of galletted flint with re-used ashlar and gault brick dressings. 3 storeys and 2 bays of sash windows with glazing bars beneath skewback arches. Gable with tumbling-in. Lower additions to north with a 2-storey canted bay and sash windows with glazing bars. West facade has sash windows with glazing bars, a pedimented doorcase on pilasters and outbuildings projecting westwards forming a courtyard. Interior. Original swept staircase with square sectioned balasters open string and mahogany handrail.

Listing NGR: TF8104814391

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014