Description

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP25NW ALVESTON
604-1/2/274 The Old Rectory
25/10/51

GV II

Rectory, now house. Early C16. Timber-frame with plaster
infill on rubble plinth; tile roof with brick stacks. 2
storeys; 4-window range. Entrance to left of centre has
battened door and C20 gabled porch. Varied windows have C20
casements with leaded glazing. Stack to front of ridge, to
left of porch. Close-studded framing. Right return has jettied
1st floor, big plastered chimney breast to ground floor, with
end stack to right of ridge; close-studded gable. Left return
is brick with timber-framed gable. Rear has hipped
ground-floor projection. INTERIOR recorded as having 3-bay
roof with braced tie beams and wind braces; flat joists. The
former parish church of St James (qv) is immediately to the
north west.
(VCH (offprint): Styles P: The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon
and the Parish of Alveston: London: 1946-: 68; Buildings of
England: Pevsner N: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth: 1966-: 65).

Listing NGR: SP2310956676

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586021

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)