Description

ST MEWAN ST MEWAN
SW 95 SE
4/102 The Old Rectory
10.2.88
GV II

Rectory, now house. Circa late C18 - early C19; late C19 addition to right and early
C20 addition to left, with C20 alterations. Granite rubble with granite dressings.
Partly slate-hung and partly pebbledashed. Scantle slate roof with ridge tiles,
hipped. Stack with brick shaft at the left and right sides of the original house;
stack at the right end with brick shaft.
Plan: The first building is of double depth plan, with central entrance and principal
room to front left and right, of equal size; shallow rear service rooms. An addition
of one-room plan was made at the right end, heated from a stack at the right end.
Circa early C20 a second addition of one-room plan was made at the left end.
Exterior: 2 storeys, symmetrical 3-window front; all windows are C20 replacement
sashes. Ground floor has central C20 half-glazed door with C20 doorcase and
pediment. 12-pane sash with sidelights, flat granite arch and keystone, to right and
left. First floor has central 12-pane sash, 12-pane sash with sidelights to right
and left, all with segmental arches. Set back to right is the 2-storey addition,
with 15-pane sash with sidelights, cambered arch and keystone at ground floor, 12-
pane sash with sidelights, cambered arch and keystone at first floor. To left, the
later addition is 2-storey, with three 16-pane sashes with flat arches at ground
floor and two 16-pane sashes with cambered arches at first floor. The left end has
C20 6-pane window at ground floor to left. The right end has 16-pane sash at ground
floor to right. At the rear, the central building is pebbledashed with single storey
C20 lean-to with door and 12-pane sash. To right there are two 12-pane sashes at
ground and first floor and a raking dormer with 10-pane sash above. To left, the C19
addition is slate-hung at first floor; ground floor has small single storey lean-to
with 12-pane sash at ground and first floor to left, C20 half-glazed door to right.
Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW9980451869

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26430027

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)