Description

RINGSFIELD CHURCH ROAD
TM 48 NW
5/41 The Old Rectory
( formerly listed as The
1-9-53 Rectory)
GV II
House, formerly the rectory. Mainly C18, the front range being added sometime
between 1755 and 1784; extended c.1800 and altered early C20. Red brick, with
a moulded string course across the facade at first floor level. Hipped slated
roof. 2 storeys. 5-bay facade, the centre 3 bays set forward and originally
pedimented; this pediment was removed early C20 when the house was re-roofed.
Inset sash windows with glazing bars under flat brick arches with raised keys.
Flanking single-storey lean-to additions of c.1800, with matching double-
arcaded screen walls terminating in a blank window panel. The main doorway is
set within the inner arch of the right hand screen wall: inset 8-panel door,
the upper 4 panels glazed; panelled reveals. Matching door in corresponding
position to left. Both the main ground floor rooms have good enriched plaster
cornices; the right hand room is panelled, with a panelled plaster ceiling.

Listing NGR: TM4034788402

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635604

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)