Description

TL 35 CALDECOTE MAIN STREET
(East Side)

7/52 The Old Rectory

II

House, formerly the rectory. Late C15, C17 alterations and C19.
Timber-frame and brick, rendered. Plain tile roof. Two storeys and one
storey and attic. Original hall with crosswing to right hand and underbuilt
jetty to west. C19 wing to left hand. Two C17 ridge stacks to each
crosswing rebuilt C19. West facing elevation: C19 wing with five-light
transomed casement bay window and similar three-light window above, one
casement dormer window to hall range, and one casement window with glazing
bars at each floor level of crosswing to right hand. Main entrance in north
elevation. Interior: C17 chamfered floor beam and large hearth with baking
oven to hall, exposed ceiling beams and crown-post of original roof to late
C15 crosswing. Relined inglenook hearth, and sealed hearth. Terrier of 1664
records the building as being damaged by fire in 1607.

R.C.H.M. West Cambs. p33, mon.3
V.C.H., Vol. V, p24

Listing NGR: TL3487057142

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26420103

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)