Description

SY 29 NW WIDWORTHY WIDWORTHY

4/152 The Old Rectory
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22.2.55
GV II

House, former rectory. Circa 1840 - 50, parts of the rear service block may have an
earlier core. Plastered local stone and flint rubble (the plaster is lightly
incised as ashlar); brick or stone rubble stacks with stone rubble and Beerstone
chimneyshafts and Tudor-style terracotta chimneypots; slate roof with fleur-de-lys
shaped crested ridge tiles.
Plan: L-plan house. The main block faces east-north-east, say east, and it has a
double depth plan. The 3 front rooms are the principal rooms; the centre one is
heated by an axial stack to right and both end rooms have gable-end stacks. The
main entrance is in the left (north) end into the stair hall. The rest of the rear
block is service rooms. A kitchen block projects at right angles to rear of the
right (south) end. It has an axial stack. Behind the kitchen is a passage and
dairy/buttery. House is 2 storeys with a service courtyard containing stables
adjoining the right (south) end. Tudor Gothic style.
Exterior: symmetrical gabled 3-window front. The centre ground floor window is a
French window with glazing bars including a top tier of Tudor arch glazing bars and
it has a hoodmould. It is flanked by canted bay windows with Tudor arch lights,
sunken spandrels, hollow-chamfered timber mullions and original glazing bars. The 3
first floor windows have ovolo-moulded mullions and each light contains a 2-pane
sash. Each has a hoodmould and above is a gable with ornate bargeboards and
finials. The roof is gable-ended, also with shaped bargeboards with finials. The
main doorway in the left (north) end. It is a Tudor arch containing a C20 door. It
has a Tudor-style doorframe, flanking clustered pilasters and gabled hoodmould. The
rear of the main block includes a less regular arrangement of windows, some in Tudor
style. The service wing contains C19 and C20 casements and at first floor level on
the outer (south) side, 2 16-pane sashes with small iron balconies.
Interior: not inspected but is said to contain a great deal of original joinery and
other detail.

Listing NGR: SY2159799254

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398088

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living