Description

TM 03 NE GREAT WENHAM OFF CHURCH ROAD (EAST
3/69 SIDE)

The Old Rectory,
22.2.55 formerly listed as
Great Wenham Hall

GV II

House. C16 or earlier origin with later alteration and additions including
Georgian and Victorian rear wings. Exposed timber frame. Red plain tiled
roofs. Left and rear right red brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys. A long
building with full height porch to left. Porch jettied to first floor and gable
with blocked mullion to apex, small paned horizontal sliding sash to first floor,
recessed reproduction door, 2 light C20 casements to return. The bay to left of
the porch with C20 single storey extension. Right of porch, first floor, 3
small paned horizontal sliding sashes, ground floor 3 vari-light casements with
angled heads. To right a C20 reproduction gabled timber framed porch, plank and
muntin door. Internally although the frame is mainly intact some features have
been inserted from elsewhere i.e., a moulded jowled storey post, restored
inglenook fireplace etc. Original features include inserted ceilings with stop
chamfered bridging joists and ceiling beams. Jowled storey posts. Segmental
headed doorways. One arched brace to tie beam, the other cut away. Fragment of
arched brace by chimney stack. Stick staircase with wreathed hadrail. Brick
floors.

Listing NGR: TM0715238089

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489150

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)