Description

KIDLINGTON MILL STREET
SP4914 (North-east side)
10/114 Dovecote End and The Old
26/11/51 Rectory and attached walls and
outbuildings
(Formerly listed as Old
Rectory (Old Rectory Farm)
dovecote)

GV II

Shown on Ordnance Survey map as No.25.
Rectory, now 2 houses. Built c.1578 for Sir William Petre; altered c.1700; range
to right built c.1840 for William Hall, brewer. Coursed limestone rubble with
ashlar quoins and dressings; gabled stone slate roof with artificial stone
slates and concrete tiles to rear; external lateral stack of stone finished in 2
diagonal-set flues to left and similar C19 ridge and end stacks to right. Late
C16 two-unit plan, extended to right c.1840 to make double-depth plan flanked by
gabled cross-wings. Tudor style. 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range, with
gabled fronts to end bays. Moulded stone plinths. Hood mould over five-panelled
door set in moulded stone architrave with sunk spandrels. Hood moulds over
2-light and 5-light hollow-moulded stone-mullioned arched windows with sunk
spandrels. Late Cl6 gable end to left has similar late C16 two-, 5- and 6-light
windows; late C16 sundial to top left. Left side wall has similar late C16 two-,
and 3-light windows and stair-turret with similar one-light windows and reset
Norman one-light window. Mid C19 range to rear has hood moulds over 2-light
hollow-moulded stone-mullioned windows. Interior: c.1840 extension has mid C19
fireplaces and panelled doors. Front room has late C16 moulded beams and
hollow-chamfered joists, and late C15 panelling; timber-framed partition to
rear. Room to rear has similar beams and joists, C17 ribbed door and C18
panelled door; c.1700 dog-leg with landing staircase with barley-twist
balusters. First floor: late C16 stone fireplace with ovolo-moulded architrave;
two timber-framed partitions and chamfered beams; late C17 moulded plaster
cornice and plaster panel with 1578 date in rear room. Four-bay collar-truss
roof with clasped purlins, curved wind braces and reused C13 timbers with lap
joints. Subsidiary features: C18 walls of limestone rubble with stone slate roof
and attached outbuildings of similar materials with lean-to and gabled roofs
attached to right. Rectory was bought in 1565 by Sir William Petre.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p672; R.C. Martin: A History of )till Street,
Kidlington, 1984: pp3-7; Information from VCH)

Listing NGR: SP4969714433

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26515003

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