Description

STEEPLE LANGFORD DUCK STREET
SU 03 NW
(east side)
2/72 The Old Rectory
23.3.60. (Formerly Listed as the Rectory)
GV II
Rectory, now private house. Circa 1700, additions late C19.
Chequered flint and limestone, tiled roof, ashlar stacks with
moulded cappings. Originally T-plan, late C19 wing added to rear
right. Two-storey, 7-windowed; casements. Late C19 classical-
style ashlar porch with double panelled door to left of centre,
four cross windows to right, two to left. Cellar to left of
entrance has two recessed chamfered mullioned casements. Moulded
string course to first floor; seven cross windows in groups of
three and four, coped verges and late C19 gabled dormer to roof.
Right return has cross window to ground floor, narrow chamfered
casement to first floor and 2-light mullioned casement to attic.
Left return has external stack with offsets and cross window to
right, late Cl9 wing in similar style attached to left has four
cross windows to ground and first floor, two gabled dormers to
roof. Rear of main range has mullioned windows, central projecting
stair wing. Interior said to have stairs with barleysugar
balusters. Ceased to be the rectory 1970.
(N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Wiltshire, 1975)

Listing NGR: SU0369037430

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26478267

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (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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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock