Description

TL 4115 WIDFORD WARE ROAD (north side)

5/5 The Old Rectory on E of parish church 24.1.67

GV II

Rectory, now a house. C18 extended to both sides in early C19. Brick colourwashed with grey brick chimneys to newer parts. Hipped slate roofs. An irregular 2 storeys large house facing S with a formal garden front facing N over the Ash Valley. The highest part is a 3 windows, 2 storeys and basement part in the middle of the N front. This and the lower part on the S side of it were probably the extent of the house in the C18. The N part has flat gauged arches and, recessed sash windows with 6/6 panes, and a modillioned cornice. The S part has 2 sash windows under gauged arches, a triple window on the right. The narrower window may be in the position of the original door. In the early C19 a 2 storey W wing was added which is slightly lower than the centre part in the N front but much higher than the S part. This has 2 windows and the entrance on the right. Recessed sash windows under segmental gauged arches with 6/6 panes. Wide eaves overhang with plastered soffit. A flat topped, heavy Tuscan porch with columns, pilasters and full entablature. 6-panel half-glazed door. At the same time a narrower 2 storeys bay was added on the E side set back on each front. 1 window to each storey. All the windows have louvred shutters. A picturesque C18 and C19 rectory. Part of the group around the parish church.

Listing NGR: TL4135315777

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)