Description

SU 66 SE STRATFIELD SAYE STRATFIELD SAYE PARK
2/13
26.4.57 The Old Rectory
(formerly listed as
The Rectory)

II

C18, early C19. Possibly designed by John Pitt (Calvin p 639). A symmetrical front
(north-east) of 2 storeys, 1.1.1 windows, with a taller wing brought forward on the
north-west side, of 2 storeys, 2 windows. Hipped slate roofing, with a fully-moulded
cornice, formed into a pediment above the slightly-projected centrepiece. Brick
walling (colour-washed) in Flemish bond, rubbed flat arches. The centrepiece has a
lunette on the first-floor with blank side panels; below this a full-width Tuscan Order
of 4 attached ½-columns, enclosing narrow side windows below projecting panels, and a
central arched doorway with a keystone and moulded imposts. The upper windows of the
old part are casements, with early sashes below; the wing has sashes in reveals with
low cills to the ground-floor. Six-panelled door beneath radiating fanlight. The
symmetrical south-east elevation has 3 windows, with a central angular ground-floor bay
of the late C19. Sashes. A feature of this facade is a first-floor wrought-iron
balcony across the full width.

Listing NGR: SU6820761198

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26623875

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Recommended Books

• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]