Description

CRANWORTH
TF 90 SE
9/9 Old Rectory (formerly
4.12.51 listed as Cranworth
Rectory)
- II
Former rectory. Circa 1840 incorporating an earlier building. Limewashed
brick and black pantile roof. Irregular plan. 2 storeys. Entrance facade
of 5 bays with end bays slightly taller. Sash windows with glazing bars
beneath skewback arches. One tripartite sash window to south echoed by a
former tripartite window to north, now converted into French windows. Off-
centre 2-leaf part-glazed front door with an open porch on a pair of unfluted
Doric columns. Wide eaves to all sides of house with renewed shaped and
paired brackets. South facade. Large 2-storeyed canted bay with 6 sash
windows with glazing bars beneath skewback arches. Single storeyed
rectangular projection with front slightly segmental in plan. 3 blind
windows with skewback arches, moulded cornice and a loop balustrade. North
facade of 5 bays of sash windows with glazing bars (2 blind) with an oculus
and smaller sash window to western end. Lead downpipes with moulded hoppers
and many prominent chimney stacks. Services around a courtyard to rear.
Interior. Dining room screen with a pair of Ionic columns. Some fine Greek
derived plaster cornices. Plaster vaulted rooms to first floor - mainly
3-centred barrels with a particularly notable integration of the canted bay
to the south. Swept main staircase with twisted balusters and rope-twist
handrail. Surviving glebe terrier with drawings.

Listing NGR: TF9840704527

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26626507

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)