Description

TG 01 NE ELSING SCHOOL ROAD
(south-west side)

4/22 Old Rectory (formerly
4.12.51 listed as Rectory)

- II

Former rectory. C17 and later. Timber frame replaced with brick to front
and rendered to rear. Original brick returned gable-end now mainly obscured
by side addition. Pantile roofs.2 storeys with attic.6 bays of C19 chamfered mullion
casements beneath shallow pointed arches. Raised and fielded panelled front
door with modern brick porch. Original strips of C17 brickwork to front
and rear with header diaper patterns. 2 3-light and one 2-light C18 dormers
with segmental roofs, leaded glazing and metal casements. One gable-end
stack (originally) and one off-centre axial stack. Later additions to sides
and rear. Ogee and nicked chamfer stops to one spinal bridging joist. Wind-
ing stair, probably original, beside-axial stack. 2 fine C17 fireplaces
with 4-centred arches of stuccoed brick.

Listing NGR: TG0521617176

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26626513

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)