Description

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MARKET BOSWORTH RECTORY LANE
SK 40 SW

5/128 The Old Rectory

II

Rectory. 1849. Red brick with stone dressings. Slate roof with
stone coped gable ends: Brick axial and gable end stacks.

Double depth plan of 2 parallel ranges with central entrance hall
and with service wing to right (west).

Tudor style.

2 storeys. 3:3 bay north front. Symmetrical 3-bay main range to
left, the centre in -gabled projection with moulded stone 4-centred
arch doorway with hoodmould and shallow oriel above with 3-light
mullion transom window. Cross-mullion transom windows to left and
right with margin glazing bars. Service wing set back on right,
similarly gabled at centre and with smaller cross mullion transom
windows with glazing bars. Rear garden front (south), centre of
main range recessed slightly at centre with oriel over doorway.
2-storey canted bay window to right, and gabled projection to left
with shallow bay window on ground floor with large 4-light mullion
transom window, and 3-light window above with nowy-headed hood-
mould. Service wing set back slightly to left with 2 mullion
transom windows on ground floor and smaller 2-light sashes on
first floor, all with glazing bars.

Interior: Moulded plaster arch across hall which has large open
well, moulded string staircase at back with twisted balusters and
panelled newels with ogee finials and pendants. Most of the
original joinery survives including panelled doors and there are
some marble chimneypieces. The north east ground floor room has
large safe with iron door built into the wall.

Listing NGR: SK4075702951

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26643312

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy