Description

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SK38SE NORTON CHURCH ROAD, Norton
784-1/10/867 (South East side)
01/05/52 Old Rectory
(Formerly Listed as:
NORTON CHURCH ROAD
(East side)
St James's Rectory)

GV II

Formerly known as: The Rectory MATTHEWS LANE Norton.
Rectory, now house. Early C18, with mid C18 and late C19
additions and alterations. Coursed rubble and squared dressed
stone with ashlar dressings, and steep pitched plain tile roof
with 2 gable and 2 ridge stacks, C19. L-plan.
EXTERIOR: first floor band, coped gables. 2 storeys. 3 bays. 3
window centre under coped pediment with three 18 pane sashes
with stone surrounds and above, in the tympanum, an oval
window with Gothic glazing bars. Central moulded stone
doorcase with keystone and hood and C19 half-glazed door with
overlight. On either side, an 18 pane sash with stone
surround. To right, 2 C19 single windows with transoms and
stone surrounds.
Right gable has an 18 pane sash and below, a C19 canted bay
window with a 3-light cross mullioned window. In the rear
return angle, a C19 2 storey porch with a 2-light mullioned
window on each floor.
INTERIOR has a C18 dogleg wooden stair, 4 flights, with vase
and stem balusters. Library has fielded wall panels, moulded
cornice and span beams, ceiling panels with rosettes,
Classical wooden fireplace with broken pediment with coat of
arms, and overmantel with portrait bust of Chantrey. 3 fielded
6-panel doors, one of them a dummy. Other main rooms have
moulded cornices and one has huge late C19 Renaissance Revival
fireplace.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: The West
Riding: London: 1967-: 480).

Listing NGR: SK3593982139

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539171

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)