Description

SO 81 SW QUEDGELEY SCHOOL LANE (north side)

5/166 Old Rectory

GV II

Formerly detached rectory house; now flats. c1840 by Francis Niblett. Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings; ashlar chimneys; shaped-tile roof. Square Cotswold style block; 2-storey with attic; 2 single-storey service wings at north end. East front: central parapet gable above 3-window fenestration; central Tudor- arched moulded doorway with hoodmould and blank shields in spandrels; 3-light recessed chamfered mullioned casements flanking doorway, each with hoodmould; central 2-light with hood to upper floor flanked by 3-lights; 2-light attic casement with hood in parapet gable with cross roll saddle; row of 3 diagonal chimneys with moulded caps behind ridge to right of gable; cluster of 4 to left of gable. South side: asymmetrical with projecting parapet gabled end to right; 3-window 3-light fenestration except 2-light attic casement in gable; gabled roof dormer to left with 2-light casement. West side: asymmetrical with projecting parapet gabled end to right; casements as before 2- and 3-light; large single- storey canted bay with hipped roof to recessed left gable has Tudor-arched moulded doorway with hoodmould and blank shields in spandrels; glazed door; upper part of gable has shaped-tile hanging, pierced by attic casement; row of 3 eaves-mounted diagonal chimney shafts with moulded caps to left of projecting right gable. North side: 2 parapet gables with scattered 2- and 3-light fenestration; hipped roof to single-storey service room to left; service room with lean-to roof to right has side wall extended with Tudor archway. Interior not inspected. Forms part of group with Church of St. James (q.v.). (D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean, 1976.)

Listing NGR: SO8079314190

External Links

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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