Description

SU 79 SE FINGEST AND LANE END FINGEST

3/38 The Old Rectory
21.6.55

GV II

House. C17 cross wing to right, refaced C18; remainder rebuilt c.1730
(after terrier of 1707, before that of 1736); C20 extensions to rear.
C18 part is of red and vitreous brick with red dressings and dentil eaves;
C17 wing has brick facing to front gable and left return, part rendered and
whitewashed, and flint with brick dressings to remainder. Old tile roofs,
the C18 part with 2 narrow parallel roofs. C17 brick chimney between wings,
another brick chimney to left. L-plan. 2 storeys. C18 part has 4-bay
fenestration: ground floor has narrow 2-pane sashes in moulded box frames
with segmental heads; first floor has C20 single barred wooden casements.
6-panelled door in third bay with wooden architrave frame and segmental
pediment on reeded brackets. Lower cross wing projects to right with
2-light casements in gable end, the lower wood, the upper half leaded, half
cast iron. Right side has 2 bays of 3-light leaded casements and central
old board door in gabled timber porch. Interior has timber framing
with diagonal bracing in right wing, and c.1730 staircase with turned
balusters and moulded handrail.

Listing NGR: SU7772691136

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26418695

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas