Description

ST55SE LITTON CP
LITTON VILLAGE

7/70 The Old Rectory

GV II

Rectory, now house. C16, early and mid C19 addition and alteration. Coursed and squared rubble, ashlar, freestone
dressings, hipped and gabled slate roofs, coped verge with a cruciform finial; rubble and ashlar stacks, some set
diagonally and grouped, some octagonal and grouped. Gothick and Free-Gothic; L-plan. Symmetrical garden front, 2
storeys, 3 bays, 12-pane sash windows to first floor, stopped labels, ground floor with 8-pane French windows with
additional marginal lights, stopped labels; first floor band, parapet with coping. Central 4-centred head door opening,
paired three-quarter glazed doors, projecting surround under a cornice hood. Right return with door opening to
churchyard of Church of St Mary (qv), panelled door, top 2 panels glazed. Left return with pointed head window to first
floor, 2 lights with stone plate tracery, 3-light stone mullioned window to ground floor, each light with 4-centred
head. Interior with moulded C16 cross beared ceiling; staircase with stick balusters, turned newel; some early/mid C19
chimneypieces; barrel ceiling on first floor.

Listing NGR: ST5938154673

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26628783

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