Description

BAOSNURTH MAIN STREET
SE41SE
(east side)
6/38 The Old Rectory
25.3.1968 (formerly listed as
"The Rectory)
- II

Rectory, now 3 dwellings. Said to be 1731; east wing added c1800; altered.
Coursed squared sandstone, stone slate roof. U-plan formed by single-depth
main range facing south with service wing to rear of west end and receding
wing added at east end. Three storeys and 4 bays, plus set-back wing at
right-hand end; lst-floor band; doorway to 3rd bay with moulded architrave,
now within porch formed by roof carried over from C19 bay window to the
right; otherwise, 2 windows to the left and 4 at 1st floor, all 24-pane
sashes with raised surrounds, and 4 square 12-pane windows at 2nd floor with
similar surrounds (lst sashed, 2nd blind but painted, 3rd a casement, and
4th a top-hung casement); moulded eaves band concealed by gutter; gable
copings with kneelers, ridge chimney at junction of 1st and 2nd bays, gable
chimney to right. Wing of 2 storeys raised over a high basement has sill
bands to both floors, a large segmental-headed sash at ground floor and 9-
pane sash above; three-bay return wall of wing has wide segmental-headed
cellar windows, large segmental-headed tripartite sashes at ground floor
(that in centre mostly blind), and 9-pane sashes above; hipped roof. Left
gable wall of main range has 18-pane sash at ground floor (with thick glazing
bars), 24-pane and 9-pane sashes above, and a dripband above the top window
(carried round from eaves at front). West side of service wing, of 2 storeys
and 4 bays, has a central doorway, a modern bay window to the left, otherwise
square 8-pane windows with raised surrounds. Rear: in centre, a gabled
turret (perhaps formerly stair turret), and full-height lean-to addition to
left of this with 16-pane stair window; other features not of special
interest.
Interior: east wing has extensive cellars, including rear room with stone
curing table; open-well staircase in rear addition; chamber in 1st bay of
main range has C18 moulded plaster overmantel, egg-and-dart cornice, and
walls apparently lined with cardboard or similar material (purpose not
known).

Listing NGR: SE4647514851

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428827

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)