Description

YARMOUTH

SZ38NE THORLEY STREET
1354-0/5/412 The Old Rectory

II

oFormer rectory. C17 lobby entrance house altered in mid C19
and C20. Built of stone rubble with red brick dressings. Old
tiled roof with off central right and end left brick
chimneystacks. Rear slope has bands of fishscale tiles. 2
storeys and attics in gable ends; 4 windows. C20 casements in
red brick surrounds. Off central white brick porch having
gable with kneelers, round-headed entrance lined in
weatherboarding and mid C19 door with stained glass. Small
round-headed opening in side of porch. Small circular window
to left of door. Red brick quoins half way along facade. C20
extension in matching materials to rear. Interior has open
stone fireplace with wooden lintel. The inventory of the
rectory of Thorley who died in 1697 describes a house of hall
kitchen and parlour below and hall chamber, kitchen chamber
and parlour chambers above.
(Marion Brinton: Farmhouses and Cottages of the Isle of Wight:
124 & 124).

Listing NGR: SZ3732388763

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504504

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas